The role of information resources in enabling the 24-hour knowledge factory

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 105-127

  Seshasai, Satwik ^a   Gupta, Amar ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization of IS; Knowledge models; Organization of work; Software management

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; GLOBALIZATION OF IS; GLOBALLY-DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; INFORMATION RESOURCE; INFORMATION REVOLUTION; KNOWLEDGE MODEL; SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 59849119592     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2007100107     Document Type: Article

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