Managing knowledge for a successful competence exploration

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-207

  Rabeh, Hammady Ahmed Dine ^a   Jimenéz Jimenéz, Daniel ^a   Martínez Costa, Micaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Exploitation; Incremental innovation; Organizational memory; Organizational performance; Performance; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875576363     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271311315169     Document Type: Article

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