Organizational size and knowledge flow: A proposed theoretical link

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 610-627

  Serenko, Alexander ^a   Bontis, Nick ^b   Hardie, Timothy ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intellectual capital; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649024209     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930710830783     Document Type: Article

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