Building ontology-based knowledge maps to assist knowledge process outsourcing decisions

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-51

  Mansingh, Gunjan ^a   Osei Bryson, Kweku Muata ^b   Reichgelt, Han ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge maps; Knowledge perspective; Knowledge process outsourcing; Knowledge sharing; Ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449225550     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2008.37     Document Type: Article

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