Knowledge, learning and IT support in a small software company

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 349-357

  Kautz, Karlheinz ^a   Thaysen, Kim ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b MINDPASS AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Knowledge workers; Small to medium sized enterprises; Software use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159845     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006532     Document Type: Article

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