Knowledge Management System in SMEs within stable Enterprise Networks

WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 155-174

  Cagnazzo, Luca ^a   Tiacci, Lorenzo ^a   Rossi, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enterprise network; Knowledge management; Performance measurement; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906058523     PISSN: 11099526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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