The management of knowledge resources in SMEs: An Australian case study

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 789-807

  Coyte, Rodney ^a   Ricceri, Federica ^b   Guthrie, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Case studies; Knowledge management; Knowledge resources; Knowledge transfer; Small to medium sized organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866165412     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271211262817     Document Type: Article

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