Managing know-how

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-285

  Lee, Deishin ^a   Van Den Steen, Eric ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practice; Competency trap; Know how; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; BEST PRACTICE; COMPETENCY TRAP; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORMAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM; GENERAL KNOWLEDGE; KNOW-HOW; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM; RECORDING INFORMATION;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77249131804     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1101     Document Type: Article

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