A model for the diffusion of knowledge sharing technologies inside private transport companies

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 611-625

  Giudice, Manlio Del ^a   Peruta, Maria Rosaria Della ^b   Maggioni, Vincenzo ^b  

^a LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Diffusion of innovation; Knowledge sharing; Private transport sector; Taxi drivers; Technology forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929856742     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-02-2015-0047     Document Type: Article

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