The replication of expansive production knowledge: The role of templates and principles

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 268-286

  Wæhrens, Brian Vejrum ^a   Cheng, Yang ^a   Madsen, Erik Skov ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Production line; Production management; Transfer templates and principles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863620744     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465261211245454     Document Type: Article

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