Introduction: What does it mean to view organizations as knowledge systems?

Organizations as Knowledge Systems: Knowledge, Learning and Dynamic Capabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-26

  Tsoukas, Haridimos ^a,b   Mylonopoulos, Nikolaos ^c  

^a ALBA ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Athens Laboratory of Business Administration   (Greece)

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EID: 85016724660     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230524545_1     Document Type: Editorial

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