Factors influencing organizational knowledge transfer: Implication for corporate performance

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 84-100

  Rhodes, Jo ^a   Hung, Richard ^b   Lok, Peter ^a   Ya Hui, Bella ^c   Wu, Chi Min ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b TOKO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge transfer; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 44049107399     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810875886     Document Type: Article

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