Organising for continuous innovation: The community of practice approach

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 441-460

  Corso, Mariano ^a,c   Martini, Antonella ^b   Balocco, Raffaello ^a,d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Observatory on Enterprise 20

^d Observatory on ICT and SME

Author keywords

Business community of practice; Case studies; Evolutionary model; Governance; management guidelines; KM; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

BEST PRACTICES; BUSINESS COMMUNITY; CASE-STUDIES; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; CONTINUOUS INNOVATION; EVOLUTIONARY MODELS; GOVERNANCE; MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES; SECONDARY SOURCES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 55349128566     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2008.021049     Document Type: Article

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