Rethinking social capital theory: A knowledge management perspective

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 124-136

  McElroy, Mark W ^a   Jorna, René J ^b   van Engelen, Jo ^b  

^a Center for Sustainable Innovation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation; Language; Social progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749042586     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270610691233     Document Type: Article

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