Ontological supports of knowledge: Knowledge creation and analytical knowledge

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-194

  Akehurst, Gary ^a   Rueda Armengot, Carlos ^b   Vivas López, Salvador ^c   Palacios Marqués, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Knowledge engineering; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952351272     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111109106     Document Type: Article

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