Scientific knowledge and implications for its diffusion

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 190-198

  Zellner, Christian ^a   Fornahl, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159879     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270210424701     Document Type: Article

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