Knowledge management systems diffusion in chinese enterprises: A multi-stage approach with the technology-organization-environment framework

PACIS 2007 - 11th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Managing Diversity in Digital Enterprises

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wang, Mo Winnie ^a   Lee, One Ki ^a   Lim, Kai H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese enterprises; KMS diffusion; Social culture; TOE framework

Indexed keywords

CHINESE ENTERPRISES; DIFFUSION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; INTEGRATED MODELS; KMS DIFFUSION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; MULTISTAGE APPROACH; PRACTICAL GUIDANCE; SOCIAL CULTURE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS; TOE FRAMEWORK;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 80053546149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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