Knowledge management in SMEs: The case of Icelandic firms

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-282

  Edvardsson, Ingi R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Iceland; KM effects; KM strategy; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845762702     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500111     Document Type: Article

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