Professional guilds, tension and knowledge management

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 736-745

  Mudambi, Ram ^a   Swift, Tim ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Professional guilds; R D; Tension

Indexed keywords

BELIEF SYSTEMS; BOUNDARY SPANNERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; PROFESSIONAL GUILDS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SUCCESS FACTORS; TENSION; THEORETICAL MODELS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

MANAGERS;

EID: 64449088492     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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