Knowledge transfer: An information theory perspective

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 400-412

  Sudhindra, S ^a   Ganesh, L S ^b   Arshinder, K ^b  

^a CHRIST DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Codification; Entropy; Information theory; Knowledge sharing; Knowledge transfer; Personalization; Tacitness of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021788993     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41275-017-0060-z     Document Type: Article

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