Organizational trust and knowledge obtaining in industrial clusters

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-155

  Niu, Kuei Hsien ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Competitive strategy; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge management; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049099335     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011015624     Document Type: Article

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