Generation and transfer of knowledge in IT-related SMEs

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 243-256

  Cantú, Laura Zapata ^a   Criado, Josep Rialp ^b   Criado, Alex Rialp ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Knowledge creation; Knowledge transfer; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350648507     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910988088     Document Type: Article

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