The dynamics of knowledge assets and their link with firm performance

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 10-24

  Moustaghfir, Karim ^a  

^a AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Assets; Knowledge management; Organizational performance; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949176041     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040810881162     Document Type: Article

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