ITI as enabler of knowledge management: Empirical perspective from research organisations in sub-Saharan Africa

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 938-947

  Okunoye, A ^a   Karsten, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Communications technology; Information technology; Inspection; Knowledge management; Performance evaluation; Production; Productivity; Technology management; Time measurement

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSPECTION; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

AFRICA; COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENTS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84948690387     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.994044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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