Is knowledge management losing ground Developments among Icelandic SMEs

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Edvardsson, Ingi Runar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Iceland; KM effects; KM strategy; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449162051     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2008.30     Document Type: Article

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