Absorptive capacity: A proposed operationalization

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 367-377

  Noblet, Jean Pierre ^a   Simon, Eric ^b   Parent, Robert ^c  

^a ESSCA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b UPS3611   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

knowledge management practice; knowledge transfer; systems thinking; tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855212724     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2011.26     Document Type: Article

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