Knowledge sharing among accounting academics in an electronic network of practice

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-179

  Taylor, Eileen Z ^a   Murthy, Uday S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting academia; Electronic network of practice; ENOP; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349125413     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2009.23.2.151     Document Type: Article

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