Balancing knowledge strategy: Codification and personalization during product development

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-135

  Kumar, J Ajith ^a   Ganesh, L S ^b  

^a T A PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952348221     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271111108738     Document Type: Article

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