Case study on knowledge-management gaps

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 36-50

  Lin, Chinho ^a   Yeh, Jong Mau ^b   Tseng, Shu Mei ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

^c HSING KUO UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case studies; Competitive advantage; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344407036     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270510602755     Document Type: Article

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