A systematic framework for analysing the critical success factors of communities of practice

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 431-447

  Scarso, Enrico ^a   Bolisani, Ettore ^a   Salvador, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ENI Exploration and Production   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case studies; Communities; Critical success factors; Knowledge management; Oil industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149097080     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910997105     Document Type: Article

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