How does social software change knowledge management? Toward a strategic research agenda

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-164

  Von Krogh, Georg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Information systems; Knowledge management; Knowledge based view; Open innovation; Social software

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; FIRM BOUNDARIES; IS IMPLEMENTATION; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; KNOWLEDGE PROTECTION; KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; OPEN INNOVATION; SOCIAL SOFTWARE; STRATEGIC RESEARCH AGENDAS;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84865262660     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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