Web knowledge sharing and its effect on innovation: An empirical investigation in SMEs

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-113

  Soto Acosta, Pedro ^a   Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^b   Popa, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

innovation; Internet technologies; knowledge sharing; performance; SMEs; TOE theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893982117     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2013.31     Document Type: Article

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