Knowledge sharing in relief supply chains

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 222-239

  Kovács, Gyöngyi ^a   Spens, Karen ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Coopetition; CoPs; Knowledge sharing; Knowledge transfer; Relief supply chains; Supply chain collaboration

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CO-OPETITION; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COPS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76249134243     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijnvo.2010.031219     Document Type: Article

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