Introduction to the special issue on managing knowledge in organizations: Creating, retaining, and transferring knowledge

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MARKETING; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE RETENTION; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0042813667     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.4.0.14421     Document Type: Editorial

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