IT support in manufacturing firms for a knowledge management dynamic capability link to performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2419-2434

  Wang, Eric ^a   Klein, Gary ^b   Jiang, James J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic capability; IT support; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DYNAMIC CAPABILITY; IT SUPPORT; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34247360414     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540601020437     Document Type: Article

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