External provision of knowledge management information services: The case of the concrete and cement industries

European Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-259

  Smyth, Hedley ^a   Long Bottom, Radhika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Added value; Change management; Information asymmetry and symmetry; Information services (IS); Knowledge management (KM); Projects; Relationship marketing; Transaction marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144369461     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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