The Challenges of Knowledge Sharing in Practice: A Social Approach

The Challenges of Knowledge Sharing in Practice: A Social Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-211

  Widén Wulff, Gunilla ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1533/9781780632018     Document Type: Book

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