Knowledge management in knowledge-intensive service networks: A strategic management approach

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-283

  Evanschitzky, Heiner ^a   Ahlert, Dieter ^a   Blaich, Günther ^b   Kenning, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b AWD Holding AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Networking; Service industries; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247106643     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710727287     Document Type: Article

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