A model for assessing the coherence of companies knowledge strategy

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-341

  De Toni, Alberto F ^a   Nonino, Fabio ^b   Pivetta, Matteo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Fair Play Consulting Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

business strategy; knowledge development; knowledge exploitation; knowledge sharing; knowledge strategy; strategic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855225832     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2011.36     Document Type: Article

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