A collaboration-centred approach to manage engineering knowledge: A case study of an engineering SME

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-542

  Beylier, Cyril ^a   Pourroy, Franck ^a   Villeneuve, François ^a   Mille, Alain ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Communities of practice; Knowledge management; Knowledge repository; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450044703     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820801898482     Document Type: Article

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