An ontology-based approach to inter-organizational knowledge transfer

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 32-47

  Abou Zeid, Ei Sayed ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge Transfer; Multi National Corporation; Ontology; Organizational Culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344323100     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2002.10856330     Document Type: Article

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