Sourcing knowledge for innovation: knowledge reuse and creation in project teams

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 932-948

  Khedhaouria, Anis ^a   Jamal, Arshad ^b  

^a MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning; Innovation; Knowledge; Knowledge creation; Knowledge management; Project teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942014480     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-01-2015-0039     Document Type: Article

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