Organizational versus market knowledge: From concrete embodiment to abstract representation

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-251

  Boisot, Max ^a   Li, Yan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Codification; Knowledge management; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EVOLUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 33845359745     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-006-9004-z     Document Type: Article

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