Knowledge management systems and developing sustainable competitive advantage

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-154

  Adams, Garry L ^a   Lamont, Bruce T ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Information systems; Organisational learning; Resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031705     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270310477342     Document Type: Article

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