E-business through knowledge management in Spanish telecommunications companies

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 298-314

  Cegarra Navarro, Juan G ^a   Martínez Conesa, Eusebio Angel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Customer orientation; Electronic commerce; Knowledge management; Small to medium sized enterprises; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547203116     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720710755263     Document Type: Article

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