Knowledge management issues in knowledge-intensive SMEs

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-119

  Nunes, Miguel Baptista ^a   Annansingh, Fenio ^a   Eaglestone, Barry ^a   Wakefield, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Kusala Web Developments Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Knowledge management; Knowledge management systems; Knowledge organizations; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144433387     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410610642075     Document Type: Article

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