Developing a Knowledge Management Strategy for the Arab World

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Skok, Walter ^a   Tahir, Saad ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The American International University in London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab world; culture; knowledge management; knowledge sharing; strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85164808935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2010.tb00296.x     Document Type: Article

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