Expert knowledge and the role of consultants in an emerging knowledge-based economy

Human Systems Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-135

  Evers, Hans Dieter ^a   Menkhoff, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Development; Experts and consultants; Knowledge economy; New economy; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; DEVELOPMENT; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS; KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; NEW ECONOMY; SINGAPORE;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 10044263341     PISSN: 01672533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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