Managing knowledge in organizations: An integrative framework and review of emerging themes

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 571-582

  Argote, Linda ^a   McEvily, Bill ^a   Reagans, Ray ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Roy Bernard Kester and TW Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Organizational learning; Organizational memory

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL MEMORY;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0041811814     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.4.571.14424     Document Type: Article

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