Knowledge management in practice: Insights into a medium-sized enterprise's exposure to knowledge loss

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-38

  Durst, Susanne ^a   Wilhelm, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

GERMANY;

EID: 79960693629     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: 14701030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08109028.2011.565693     Document Type: Article

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