Knowledge repositories in knowledge cities: Institutions, conventions and knowledge subnetworks

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 96-106

  Cheng, Philip ^a   Choi, Chong ^a   Chen, Stephen ^a   Ibrahim Eldomiaty, Tarek ^b   Millar, Carla C J M ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84993087702     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270410558800     Document Type: Article

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