Knowledge management strategy for small and medium enterprises

International Conference on Applied Computer Science - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 639-648

  Gourova, Elissaveta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Knowledge audit; Knowledge management strategy; SMEs; Success factors

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGIES; KNOWLEDGE AUDIT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMES; SUCCESS FACTORS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79959972947     PISSN: 17924863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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