Knowledge management as competitive advantage: Lessons from the textile and apparel value chain

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-102

  Danskin, Paula ^a   Englis, Basil G ^a   Solomon, Michael R ^b   Goldsmith, Marla ^c   Davey, Jennifer ^c  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Organizational development; Textile industry; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144421595     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270510590245     Document Type: Article

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