The incompatibility of knowledge regimes: Consequences of the material world for cross-domain work

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 473-485

  Howard Grenville, Jennifer A ^a   Carlile, Paul R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge integration; Knowledge regimes; Material world; Organizational boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750157771     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000635     Document Type: Review

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