Issues in designing personal knowledge exchanges:First movers analyzed

Information Technology & People

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 306-325

  Gosain, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic point of sale; Exchange; Knowledge; Knowledge organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104243     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840310489403     Document Type: Article

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