Applying knowledge management in the life insurance industry - evidence from taiwan

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2010, Pages 117-129

  Huang, Li Su ^a   Lai, Cheng Po ^b  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Innovation diffusion; Knowledge management (km); Life insurance industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957696328     PISSN: 14502887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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