Knowledge creation and inter-organizational relationships: The development of innovation in the railway industry

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 604-616

  Iacono, Mario Pezzillo ^a   Martinez, Marcello ^a   Mangia, Gianluigi ^b   Galdiero, Caterina ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge creation; Knowledge management; Railway industry; Railways; Temporary project network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863634416     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271211246176     Document Type: Article

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