Exploring the world of knowledge management: agreements and disagreements in the academic/practitioner community

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 6-18

  Metaxiotis, Kostas ^a   Ergazakis, Kostas ^a   Psarras, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Knowledge management; Organizational theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144402065     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270510590182     Document Type: Review

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