Quantifying 'ba': An investigation of the variables that are pertinent to knowledge creation

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-180

  Chou, Shih Wei ^a   Wang, Su Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING MECHANISMS (OLM);

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 0041807731     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01655515030293004     Document Type: Article

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