How do knowledge management announcements affect firm value? A study of firms pursuing different business strategies

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-422

  Sabherwal, Rajiv ^a   Sabherwal, Sanjiv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Contingency theory; Event study; Knowledge application; Knowledge creation; Knowledge management (KM); Knowledge sharing; Strategic alignment

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS STRATEGY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; THEORY-BASED EXPECTATION;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34547881080     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.900785     Document Type: Article

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