Protecting organizational competitive advantage: A knowledge leakage perspective

Computers and Security

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-39

  Ahmad, Atif ^a   Bosua, Rachelle ^a   Scheepers, Rens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information security; Knowledge leakage; Resource based view; Security risk; Sensitive information

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENTS; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; SECURITY RISKS; SENSITIVE INFORMATIONS; STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES;

COMPETITION; SECURITY OF DATA; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84893760018     PISSN: 01674048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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