Knowledge management practices and organisational learning in Indian Software Company

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-381

  Singh, Sanjay Kumar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Explicit knowledge; Knowledge management; Organisational learning; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849130944     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2009.027103     Document Type: Article

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