The problems of embeddedness: Knowledge transfer, coordination and reuse in information systems

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1289-1317

  Hsiao, Ruey Lin ^a,d   Tsai, Stephen Dun Hou ^b   Lee, Ching Fang ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Knowledge coordination; Knowledge management system; Knowledge reuse; Knowledge transfer; Practices; Semiconductorfabrication equipment; Work context

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748427325     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606064108     Document Type: Article

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