Rethinking knowledge management: The role of ICT and the rise of the virtual workspace

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-292

  Corso, Mariano ^a   Giacobbe, Andrea ^a   Martini, Antonella ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case; Intranet; Knowledge management; Virtual workspace

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649148343     PISSN: 14794853     EISSN: 14794861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2009.025045     Document Type: Article

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