Utilization of information resources for business success: The knowledge sharing model

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-67

  Widén Wulff, Gunilla ^a   Suomi, Reima ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business success; Information culture; Information resource management; Knowledge sharing; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INSURANCE; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

BUSINESS SUCCESS; INFORMATION CULTURE; INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34147184808     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2007010104     Document Type: Article

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