A dynamic theory of organizational knowledge creation

Knowledge, Groupware and the Internet

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-42

  Nonaka, Ikujiro ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knowledge Conversion; Management Models; Organizational Innovation; Self Designing Organization; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118524541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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