Knowledge, management, and knowledge management in business operations

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 3-17

  Gao, Fei ^a   Meng, M ^b   Clarke, Steve ^c  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HONEYWELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Knowledge management; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949093756     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810859479     Document Type: Article

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