Knowledge management opportunities for cycle time reduction

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 192-207

  Yang, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

cycle time; knowledge management; learning; product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961560404     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2004.003720     Document Type: Article

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