Mechanisms of tacit knowing: Pattern recognition and synthesis

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 123-139

  Johnson, William H A ^a  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Pattern recognition; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547194289     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270710762765     Document Type: Article

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