Knowledge Protection Challenges of Social Media Encountered by Organizations

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 34-55

  Väyrynen, Karin ^a   Hekkala, Riitta ^b   Liias, Tuula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

case study; knowledge management; knowledge protection; qualitative research; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874599980     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919392.2013.748607     Document Type: Article

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