Making and managing organisational knowledge(s)

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-76

  McNamara, Christopher ^a   Baxter, Jane ^b   Chua, Wai Fong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Fast moving consumer goods company; Field study; Knowledge management; Organisational knowledges

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042268360     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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