Storing and sharing knowledge: Supporting the management of knowledge made explicit in transnational organisations

Learning Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 579-593

  Coakes, Elayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Communities; Knowledge sharing; Portals; Transnational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749062803     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470610705460     Document Type: Article

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