Knowledge Management Systems for Emergency Preparedness: The Claremont University Consortium Experience

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM)

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 33-50

  Raman, Murali ^a,b   Ryan, Terry ^b   Olfman, Lorne ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency preparedness; knowledge management; Wiki technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001698730     PISSN: 15480666     EISSN: 15480658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jkm.2006070103     Document Type: Article

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