The interaction between knowledge codification and knowledge-sharing networks

Information Systems Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 892-906

  Liu, De ^a   Ray, Gautam ^b   Whinston, Andrew B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Codification; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing network; Sharing potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650641135     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1080.0217     Document Type: Article

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