Managing the knowledge paradox in product development

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-170

  Prieto, Isabel M ^a   Revilla, Elena ^b   Rodríguez Prado, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Design and development; Knowledge management; Product development; Social action

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749089083     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910962941     Document Type: Article

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