Knowledge sharing and exchange of information within bank and firm networks: The role of the intangibles on the access to credit

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1036-1051

  Peruta, Maria Rosaria Della ^a   Campanella, Francesco ^a   Giudice, Manlio Del ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Paris School of Business   (France)

Author keywords

Banking system; Information; Intangibles; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914121888     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-06-2014-0255     Document Type: Article

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