Implementing social networking media and web 2.0 in multinationals: Implications for knowledge management

Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 323-332

  Hustad, Eli ^a   Teigland, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Mass collaboration; Networking; Social networking; Virtual worlds; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; MASS COLLABORATION; NETWORKING; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WEB 2.0;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SPACE PLATFORMS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 81055136808     PISSN: 20488963     EISSN: 20488971     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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