Networks as the organization form of the knowledge economy

Knowledge Management and Innovation in Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 15-31

  De Man, Ard Pieter ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Atos Consulting NV   (Netherlands)

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