A survey of knowledge management in law firms in Botswana

African Journal of Library Archives and Information Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-154

  Fombad, Madeleine C ^a   Boon, Hans J A ^a   Bothnia, Theo J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Botswana; Knowledge management; Law firms; Lawyers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649538605     PISSN: 07954778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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