More than an answer: Information relationships for actionable knowledge

Organization Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 446-462

  Cross, Rob ^a   Sproull, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; Knowledge; Problem solving; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344622259     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1040.0075     Document Type: Review

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