Networks, cognition and management of tacit knowledge

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 252-261

  Augier, Mie ^a   Thanning Vendelø, Morten ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Change; Cognition; Improvisation; Networks; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986052386     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673279910304005     Document Type: Article

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