The moderating effect of knowledge sharing on the relationship between manufacturing activities and business performance

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-306

  Andrew Huang, Tsu Te ^a   Chen, Le ^b   Stewart, Rodney A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

integrated supplier management; knowledge sharing; new product development; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649503409     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2010.21     Document Type: Article

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