Knowledge-based theory of the firm, challenges by social media

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3879-3887

  Katzy, Bernhard R ^a   Bondar, Kateryna ^a   Mason, Robert M ^b  

^a Center for Technology and Innovation Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION; KNOWLEDGE WORK; KNOWLEDGE-BASED THEORY OF THE FIRMS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOP MANAGERS; VALUE PROPOSITION; WORK PRACTICES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84857949411     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2012.411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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