Does knowledge management matter for information technology applications in China?

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-507

  Lin, Danming ^a   Liang, Qiang ^a   Xu, Zongling ^a   Li, Runtian ^a   Xie, Weimin ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Information technology; Knowledge management; Mediating effect; Moderating effect; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249121644     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9087-2     Document Type: Article

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