Tacit knowledge transfer and the knowledge disconnect

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-18

  Foos, Ted ^a   Schum, Gary ^b   Rothenberg, Sandra ^c  

^a BAUSCH AND LOMB   (United States)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Product development; Project management; Tacit knowledge; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644533803     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270610650067     Document Type: Article

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