Knowledge creation in a supply chain

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-250

  Wu, Chuni ^a  

^a HSING KUO UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Customer relations; Knowledge creation; Organizational porocesses; Supply chain management; Taiwan; Technology led strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749087571     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540810871280     Document Type: Article

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