Knowledge management using information technology: Determinants of short-term impact on firm value

Decision Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 531-567

  Sabherwal, Rajiv ^a,c   Sabherwal, Sanjiv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency Theory; Event Study; Knowledge Creation; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Based Theory of the Firm; Organizational Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745314972     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5414.2005.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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