Consolidating the strategic alignment model in knowledge management

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-65

  Sun, Szu Yuan ^a   Chen, Yue Yang ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Information Technology; IT; KM; KM performance; Knowledge Management; Strategic alignment; Strategy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 42349093985     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2008.015947     Document Type: Article

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