Development and knowledge resources: A conceptual analysis

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 759-776

  Millar, Carla C J M ^a,b   Choi, Chong Ju ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d China 21st Investments Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution; Exchange; Governance; Knowledge management; Multinational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957151253     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011074881     Document Type: Article

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