Deriving managerial benefit from knowledge search: A paradigm shift?

Information and Management

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 874-883

  King, William R ^a   Lekse, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

External versus internal sources; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge management; Knowledge search; Knowledge seeking; Knowledge selection; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL VERSUS INTERNAL SOURCES; KNOWLEDGE SEARCH; KNOWLEDGE SELECTION; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 33749597750     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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