The theory and practice of knowledge management and transfer: The case of the Olympic Games

Sport Management Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-218

  Parent, Milena M ^a,b   MacDonald, Darlene ^a   Goulet, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Olympic games; Sports events; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899969255     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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