Nurturing employee market knowledge absorptive capacity through unified internal communication and integrated information technology

Information and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 76-86

  Jiménez Castillo, David ^a   Sánchez Pérez, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Information dissemination; Information technology; Internal communication; Market knowledge

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED INFORMATIONS; INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS; MARKET INFORMATION; MARKET KNOWLEDGE;

COMMERCE; DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84874905836     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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