Managing knowledge sharing networks in global supply chains

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-599

  Cheung, Mee Shew ^a   Myers, Matthew B ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interorganisational learning; Knowledge sharing; Network; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549117622     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2008.021216     Document Type: Article

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