Senior managers’ business knowledge in a transition economy

Management Research News

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 252-270

  Woldesenbet, Kassa ^a   Storey, John ^a   Salaman, Graeme ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business environment; Ethiopia; Knowledge management; Senior managers; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992925044     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170710736301     Document Type: Article

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