Knowledge transfer: Short-circuiting the learning cycle?

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Newell, Sue ^a   Galliers, Robert ^a  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ASSETS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCE;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 33749660625     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2006.246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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