An Empirical Assessment of the Performance Impacts of IS Support for Knowledge Transfer

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-85

  Zhang, Michael J ^a  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competitive advantage; firm performance; information systems; knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001544934     PISSN: 15480666     EISSN: 15480658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jkm.2007010105     Document Type: Article

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