Knowledge Governance: Themes and Questions

Knowledge Governance: Processes and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Michailova, Snejina ^a   Foss, Nicolai J ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^c CBS   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Achievements; Creating knowledge; Knowledge processes; Unsolved issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235926.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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