Knowledge documentation and application in egyptian software firms

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-59

  Seleim, Ahmed A S ^a   Ashour, Ahmed S ^a   Khalil, Omar E M ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; knowledge application; knowledge documentation; Knowledge management; software industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055036388     PISSN: 02196492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219649205001043     Document Type: Article

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