Information loss, knowledge transfer cost and the value of social relations

Strategic Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-258

  Bae, Jonghoon ^a   Koo, Jun ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Information loss; Knowledge transfer; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749101963     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127008093518     Document Type: Article

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