Impact of organizational learning and knowledge management factors on e-business adoption

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-188

  Lin, Hsiu Fen ^a   Lee, Gwo Guang ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Information systems; Innovation; Knowledge management; Learning organizations; Technology led strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344389255     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510581902     Document Type: Article

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