Capturing knowledge management in the supply chain

EuroMed Journal of Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-207

  Fletcher, Louise ^a   Polychronakis, Yiannis E ^b  

^a Alled Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Small to medium sized enterprises; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855899695     PISSN: 14502194     EISSN: 1758888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14502190710826059     Document Type: Article

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