Knowledge sharing in a co-opetitive environment: The case of business clusters

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-341

  Molina, Maria ^a   Yoong, Pak ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

business clusters; Co opetition; communities of practice; knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249032353     PISSN: 02196492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219649203000528     Document Type: Article

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