Bridging 'the great divide': Nonaka's synthesis of 'Western' and 'Eastern' knowledge concepts reassessed

Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-122

  Gueldenberg, Stefan ^a   Helting, Holger ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ba; Conception of knowledge; Explicit knowledge; Knowledge management; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845714495     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508407071862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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