Structure and structural dimensions for knowledge-based organizations

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Wang, Catherine L ^a   Ahmed, Pervaiz K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Japanese Management Research Unit   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Organizational structure; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133558     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040310466726     Document Type: Article

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