Cultural characteristics of knowledge transfer

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 464-477

  Wilkesmann, Uwe ^a   Fischer, Heike ^a   Wilkesmann, Maximiliane ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b bkp   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Hong kong; Knowledge transfer; National cultures; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149115146     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910997123     Document Type: Article

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