Knowledge maps and organisations: An overview and interpretation

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 587-608

  Tong, Jin ^a   Mitra, Amit ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic knowledge map system; KM; Knowledge Management; Knowledge mapping; Knowledge maps

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049085766     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2008.018992     Document Type: Review

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