Toward a unified knowledge management model for SMEs

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 729-735

  Lee, Maria R ^a   Lan, Yi Chen ^b  

^a SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Hong kong; Infrastructure; Knowledge management; Process capability; SMEs; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; HONG-KONG; INFRASTRUCTURE; PROCESS CAPABILITIES; SMES; TAIWAN;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; METALS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 77956615151     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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