Creating germane knowledge in dynamic environments

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 326-347

  von Lubitz, Dag ^a,b   Wickramasinghe, Nilmini ^c  

^a MedSMART Inc   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business management; Competitive advantage; Explicit knowledge; Germane knowledge; Information and Communications Technology (ICT); Knowledge creation; Knowledge Management (KM); Knowledge spiral; OODA loop; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33645980939     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2006.009226     Document Type: Article

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