Developing corporate taxonomies for knowledge auditability: A framework for good practices

Knowledge Organization

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-46

  Sharma, Ravi S ^a   Foo, Schubert ^a   Morales Arroyo, Miguel ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 44849134253     PISSN: 09437444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0943-7444-2008-1-30     Document Type: Review

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