SME and large organisation perceptions of knowledge management: Comparisons and contrasts

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-241

  Mcadam, Rodney ^a   Reid, Renee ^a  

^a University of Newtownabbey   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Large companies; Perception; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172424     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270110400870     Document Type: Article

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