Fostering knowledge assets in healthcare with the KMI model

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-65

  Wickramasinghe, Nilmini ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Knowledge assets; Knowledge management; Knowledge management infrastructure; Multidisciplinary teams; Spine

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846124970     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2007.011455     Document Type: Article

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