Knowledge strategy: Its relationship to environmental dynamism and complexity in product development

Knowledge and Process Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-47

  Revilla, Elena ^a   Prieto, Isabel Ma ^b   Prado, Beatriz Rodriguez ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

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EID: 76349111622     PISSN: 10924604     EISSN: 10991441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/kpm.339     Document Type: Article

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