The Construction of 'Communities of Practice' in the Management of Innovation

Management Learning

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 477-496

  Swan, Jacky ^a,b   Scarbrough, Harry ^a,b   Robertson, Maxine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Innovation; Knowledge; Networks of practice; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141990368     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507602334005     Document Type: Article

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