Getting Knowledge Management Right: Lessons from Failure

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 40-54

  Chan, Ivy ^a   Chau, Patrick Y K ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

competitive advantage; knowledge management (KM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001871669     PISSN: 15480666     EISSN: 15480658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jkm.2005070103     Document Type: Article

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