Analyzing the effects of technological, organizational and competition factors on Web knowledge exchange in SMEs

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-32

  Palacios Marqués, Daniel ^a   Soto Acosta, Pedro ^b   Merigó, José M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Internet; Knowledge exchange; Organizations; SMEs; Technology; Web technologies

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WEBSITES;

HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SMES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS; WEB TECHNOLOGIES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84917739001     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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