Knowledge management enablers: A case study

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 793-810

  Yeh, Ying Jung ^a   Lai, Sun Quae ^b,d,e   Ho, Chin Tsang ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Corporate strategy; Knowledge management; Knowledge management systems; Leadership; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; CORPORATE STRATEGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33745465539     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570610671489     Document Type: Article

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