Knowledge management practices in healthcare services

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 54-65

  Myllärniemi, Jussi ^a   Laihonen, Harri ^a   Karppinen, Henri ^b   Seppänen, Kaisa ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Health services sector; Healthcare organization; Knowledge flow; Knowledge management; Knowledge process; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge based value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869037245     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683041211276447     Document Type: Article

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