Experience vs expertise: The role of implicit understandings of knowledge in determining the nature of knowledge transfer in two companies

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-88

  Jacob, Merle ^a   Ebrahimpur, Golaleh ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Networks; Product development; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986136013     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: 1758468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930110380518     Document Type: Article

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