Knowledge sharing and innovation in Spanish and Colombian high-tech firms

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 919-933

  Sáenz, Josune ^a   Aramburu, Nekane ^a   Blanco, Carlos E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b KM INOVA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Idea generation; Innovation; Knowledge sharing; Organizational performance; Performance; Project management; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868034883     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271211276191     Document Type: Article

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