Mission impossible? Communicating and sharing knowledge via information technology

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-177

  Hislop, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036763777     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02683960210161230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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