Tacit knowledge: Some suggestions for operationalization

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 811-829

  Ambrosini, Véronique ^a,b   Bowman, Cliff ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035457190     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00260     Document Type: Article

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