Dispersed knowledge work - implications for knowledge intensive firms

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 521-532

  Assudani, Rashmi H ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Knowledge management; Knowledge organizations; Remote workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149125612     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910997169     Document Type: Article

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