Collaborative KM for SMEs: A framework evaluation study

Information Technology and People

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 368-382

  Dotsika, Fefie ^a   Patrick, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business innovation; Information management; Knowledge management systems; Knowledge transfer; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886465103     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ITP-11-2012-0142     Document Type: Article

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