Business customer communities and knowledge sharing: Exploratory study of critical issues

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 511-524

  Erat, Pablo ^a   Desouza, Kevin C ^b   Schäfer Jugel, Anja ^c   Kurzawa, Monika ^d  

^a Executive Insight   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Eli Lilly Critical Care Europe   (Germany)

^d Eli Lilly Critical Care Europe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case study; Communities of practice; Customers; Information and communication technologies; Knowledge; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750175248     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000643     Document Type: Review

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