KNOWLEDGE SHARING PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGY USE NORMS IN DISPERSED DEVELOPMENT TEAMS

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 581-587

  Sole, Deborah ^a   Applegate, Lynda ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

case study; collaborative technologies; knowledge diversity; knowledge sharing; manufacturing sector; Organizational learning; research and development; virtual teams

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CASE-STUDIES; COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; KNOWLEDGE DIVERSITY; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY USE; VIRTUAL TEAM;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 35148843878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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