Organizational forms for knowledge management in photovoltaic solar energy industry

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 924-933

  Chen, Hsing Hung ^a   Pang, Chuan ^a  

^a MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

Author keywords

Competitive advantages; Fuzzy analytic network process (FANP); Knowledge management (KM); Organizational forms; Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy industry

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY LOGIC; GLOBAL WARMING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; FUZZY ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE ABSORPTIONS; KNOWLEDGE DISTRIBUTION; KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES; ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957896430     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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