A sender-receiver framework for knowledge transfer

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-219

  Lihui, Lin ^a   Xianjun, Geng ^b   Whinston, Andrew B ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Incomplete information; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Sender receiver game

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION THEORY; INFORMATION USE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION STRUCTURE; INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; SENDER RECEIVER FRAMEWORK;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33747886679     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148677     Document Type: Article

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