Knowledge and competence management at Ericsson: Decentralization and organizational fit

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-110

  Hellström, Tomas ^a   Kemlin, Peter ^a   Malmquist, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competences; Decentralization; Knowledge management; Organizational design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077437     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270010336594     Document Type: Article

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