Application of KM measures to the impact of a specialized groupware system on corporate productivity and operations

Information and Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 551-564

  Artail, Hassan A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Groupware applications; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; GROUPWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GROUPWARE APPLICATIONS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646376443     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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