Integrating specific knowledge: Insights from the Kennedy Space Center

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-315

  Sabherwal, Rajiv ^a   Becerra Fernandez, Irma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direction; Exchange; Internalization; Knowledge integration; Knowledge management; Socialization; Specific knowledge

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACE STATIONS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

INTERNALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION MECHANISMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 23344439728     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2005.851269     Document Type: Article

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