Organisational learning dynamics in the software publishing industry

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 138-154

  Sáez, Pedro López ^a,b   De Castro, Gregorio Martín ^a,b   López, José Emilio Navas ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Knowledge intensive firms; Organisational learning; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PUBLISHING;

KNOWLEDGE ACCUMULATION; KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE FIRMS; ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING; TACIT KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 37849012230     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2008.015988     Document Type: Article

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