Transfer of changing production know-how

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Ferdows, Kasra ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Codified versus tacit knowledge; Knowledge management; Production networks; Transfer of production know how

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744810895     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2006.tb00031.x     Document Type: Review

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