Knowledge management enablers and outcomes in the mall-and-medium sized enterprises

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 840-858

  Migdadi, Mahmoud ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Knowledge management; Saudi Arabia; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONCEPTUAL RESEARCH; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; FEEDBACK EFFECTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; POSTAL SURVEY; RESEARCH STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; TWO PHASIS;

RESEARCH; SURVEYS; USER INTERFACES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 68149137446     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570910968072     Document Type: Article

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