Into the Black Box: The Knowledge Transformation Cycle

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1180-1195

  Carlile, Paul R ^a   Rebentisch, Eric S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary Spanning; Knowledge Transfer; Organizational Learning; Product Development

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0142126839     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.9.1180.16564     Document Type: Article

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