The factors affecting success of knowledge-based systems at the organizational level

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-105

  Bock, Gee Woo ^a   Suh, Ayoung ^b   Shin, Kyung Shik ^b   Hu, An ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c Avenue Asia Singapore Pte Ltd ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Interorganizational relationships; IS success; Knowledge sharing; Knowledge based system (KBS)

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; IS SUCCESS; IS SUCCESS MODEL; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS; RESEARCH MODELS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77949564574     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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