Developing knowledge networks: a practical methodology and experiences from cases

International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 330-355

  Apostolou, Dimitris ^a   Papailiou, Niki ^b   Mentzas, Gregoris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

knowledge management; knowledge networks; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148992382     PISSN: 17438268     EISSN: 17438276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2007.012529     Document Type: Article

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