Deriving value from interorganizational learning collaborations

The Learning Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-23

  Zulauf Sharicz, Carol Ann ^a   Van Winkelen, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge sharing; Leadership; Learning organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349088408     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471011008215     Document Type: Article

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