Applying fuzzy AHP to evaluate the sustainability of knowledge-based virtual communities in healthcare industry

2010 7th International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management, Proceedings of ICSSSM' 10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1033-1038

  Lai, Hong Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Fuzzy AHP; Learning community; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS PROCESS; COLLABORATIVE GROUPS; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; CRITICAL ISSUES; EVALUATING METHOD; FUZZY AHP; HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY; INTRINSIC AMBIGUITIES; KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; LEARNING COMMUNITY; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77955948244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSSSM.2010.5530091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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