A holistic view of knowledge management strategy

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 57-66

  Jasimuddin, Sajjad M ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949137136     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810859514     Document Type: Article

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