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  1. School of Professional Education and Executive Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong

    Jack Wu & Man Fung Lo

  2. School of Professional Education and Executive Development, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

    Artie W. Ng

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  1. Faculty of Life Sciences, World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

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Wu, J., Lo, M.F., Ng, A.W. (2019). Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_175

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