The knowledge management strategy and its effect on firm performance: A contingency analysis

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-223

  Yang, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Contingency; Knowledge management; performance; Strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCY; CONTINGENCY ANALYSIS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; HIGH TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MARKET INTELLIGENCE; PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN; PROCESS INNOVATION; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; REWARD SYSTEMS; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES;

COMPUTER CRIME; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 77950603962     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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