Knowledge management in supply chains: The role of explicit and tacit knowledge

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-135

  Schoenherr, Tobias ^a   Griffith, David A ^b   Chandra, Aruna ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

explicit and tacit knowledge; knowledge based view; supply chain knowledge management; supply chain performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902850310     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbl.12042     Document Type: Article

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