Application of knowledge network analysis to identify knowledge sharing bottlenecks at an engineering firm

Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Helms, Remko ^a   Buijsrogge, Kees ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Knowledge network analysis; Knowledge networks; Knowledge velocity; Knowledge viscosity; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ENGINEERING FIRMS; KNOWLEDGE AREAS; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

RESEARCH;

EID: 84870634828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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