Factors influencing knowledge productivity in German research groups: Lessons for developing countries

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 113-126

  Wang, Junxia ^a   Peters, Hans Peter ^b,c   Guan, Jiancheng ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Germany; Innovation; Knowledge creation; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745860452     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270610679408     Document Type: Article

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