Community of practice in a small research institute

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 136-144

  Pavlin, Samo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745870160     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270610679426     Document Type: Article

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