Tacit knowledge, embedded agency and learning: local nodes and global networks

Lam, Alice (2014): Tacit knowledge, embedded agency and learning: local nodes and global networks. Published in: Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation , Vol. 32, No. 1 (March 2014): pp. 93-99.

Abstract

Tacit knowledge, embedded agency and learning: local nodes and global networks

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: knowledge, tacit knowledge, learning, innovation, agency
• Subjects: Z - Other Special Topics > Z0 - General; Z - Other Special Topics > Z0 - General > Z00 - General; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology

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