Influences of knowledge sharing and hoarding in project-based firms

Management of Knowledge in Project Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 57-79

  Hall, Jeremy ^a   Sapsed, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

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