The impact of communities of practice

Encyclopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 218-223

  Zboralski, Katja ^a   Gemünden, Hans Georg ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84898143349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-556-6.ch039     Document Type: Chapter

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