Communities of practice versus organizational climate: Which one matters more to dispersed collaboration in the front end of innovation?

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 757-772

  Bertels, Heidi M J ^a   Kleinschmidt, Elko J ^b   Koen, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Wesley J Howe School of Technology Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS UNITS; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; FRONT END; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; MODERATING EFFECT; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; REACHABILITY; RISK TAKING; SITUATED LEARNING; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; TACIT KNOWLEDGE;

INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 80052133947     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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