Organizational performance in hierarchies and communities of practice

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 668-690

  Dupouët, Olivier ^a   Yildizoǧlu, Murat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Emergence of networks; Hierarchy; Learning; Organisational efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845215037     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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