The emerging knowledge governance approach: Challenges and characteristics

Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-52

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Governance; Knowledge management; Organizational economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845711982     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508407071859     Document Type: Conference Paper

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