Thinking along: A process for tapping into knowledge across boundaries

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-88

  Berends, Hans ^a   Garud, Raghu ^b   Debackere, Koenraad ^c   Weggeman, Mathieu ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Industrial research; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Organisational knowledge; Specialisation

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; INTERACTIVE PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT LITERATURE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ORGANISATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SPECIALISATION;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 78649697896     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2011.037238     Document Type: Article

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