Beyond the ba: Managing enabling contexts in knowledge organizations

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 592-610

  Choo, Chun Wei ^a   de Alvarenga Neto, Rivadávia Correa Drummond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FUNDAÇÃO DOM CABRAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954647293     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011059545     Document Type: Article

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