The senses and memory of a firm – implications of autopoiesis theory for knowledge management

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-161

  Maula, Marjatta ^a  

^a CKC Creative Knowledge Consulting   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge intensive workers; Learning organizations; Management consultants; Organizations; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031627     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270010372288     Document Type: Article

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