Creating communities of practices to manage technological knowledge: An evaluation study at Rolls-Royce

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-347

  Meeuwesen, Bas ^a,b   Berends, Hans ^c  

^a ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communities; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547542254     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060710776743     Document Type: Article

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