Eastwei: A knowledge-based value shop

PACIS 2009 - 13th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: IT Services in a Global Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Davison, Robert M ^a   Ou, Carol X J ^b   Li, Maggie Y ^a   Björkstén, Johan ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Eastwei Relations   (China)

Author keywords

Guanxi; Instant messaging (IM); Knowledge management; Wiki

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OPERATION; COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; GUANXI; INSTANT MESSAGING; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; STRATEGIC DIRECTION; WIKI;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MESSAGE PASSING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84862911501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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