Knowledge sharing: A game people play

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 117-129

  Chua, Alton ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Game theory; Knowledge management; Payback

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

KNOWLEDGE SHARING; KNOWLEGE MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 0037599549     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530310472615     Document Type: Article

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