Translating knowledge to build technological competence

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1052-1075

  Savory, Clive ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Innovation; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747815374     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610690612     Document Type: Review

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