Study on enterprise knowledge sharing in ESN perspective: A Chinese case study

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 416-434

  Zhao, Rong Ying ^a   Chen, Bi Kun ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Enterprise knowledge sharing; Enterprise social network; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Organizations; Social network analysis; Social networks; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878874079     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-12-2012-0375     Document Type: Article

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