What keeps science spiralling? Unravelling the critical success factors of knowledge creation in university research

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-439

  Travaille, A Markus ^a   Hendriks, Paul H J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Knowledge creation; Knowledge spiral; SECI model; University research; University research management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951207132     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9257-2     Document Type: Article

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