Knowledge as a contingency variable: Do the characteristics of knowledge predict organization structure?

Organization Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 274-289

  Birkinshaw, Julian ^a   Nobel, Robert ^a   Ridderstråle, Jonas ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency Theory; Knowledge Management; R D Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036014160     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.13.3.274.2778     Document Type: Article

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