Designing and managing business communities of practice

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 73-89

  Corso, Mariano ^a   Giacobbe, Andrea ^a   Martini, Antonella ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case studies; Governance; Knowledge management; Working practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349135686     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910962888     Document Type: Article

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