Industrial modernisation initiatives: a technology transfer, organisational learning, and knowledge management perspective

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 176-193

  Daghfous, Abdelkader ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

industrial modernisation; knowledge management; organisational change; organisational learning; small firms; technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644540967     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2004.004392     Document Type: Article

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