ICT perceptions and meanings: Implications for knowledge transfer

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Massey, Anne P ^a   Wells, Taylor M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; SYSTEM SCIENCES;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 51449105937     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2008.196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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