Mobilizing software expertise in personal knowledge exchanges

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-277

  Gosain, Sanjay ^a  

^a Capital Group Companies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic markets; Personal knowledge exchanges; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

ASSET MANAGEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA TRANSFER; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ELECTRONIC MARKETS; PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGES; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS; TRANSACTION COSTS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548015854     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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