Effective societal knowledge management

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 141-156

  Wing, Karl M ^a,b  

^a Knowledge Research Institute Inc   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Globalization; Knowledge management; Literacy; Quality of life; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548799227     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270710819861     Document Type: Article

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