Use of Virtual Communities-of- practice for Intra-Firm Knowledge Transfer: Barriers to Dynamic Capability Formation'

Knowledge resources are critical to competitive advantage for firms and intra-firm best-practice transfer is one way in which firms seek to develop and exploit such resources. Here, we discuss the case of a multinational firm which views best-practice transfer as an on-going process of knowledge evo...

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Main Authors: Gupta, Ajay, Soo, C., Cordery, John
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Format: Conference Paper
Published: - 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5226
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author Gupta, Ajay
Soo, C.
Cordery, John
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description Knowledge resources are critical to competitive advantage for firms and intra-firm best-practice transfer is one way in which firms seek to develop and exploit such resources. Here, we discuss the case of a multinational firm which views best-practice transfer as an on-going process of knowledge evolution and has institutionalised virtual communities of practice (CoP) in this pursuit. We contend that CoPs have the potential to generate dynamic capabilities in firms, and identify barriers that they face in generating these capabilities.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-52262017-01-30T10:44:40Z Use of Virtual Communities-of- practice for Intra-Firm Knowledge Transfer: Barriers to Dynamic Capability Formation' Gupta, Ajay Soo, C. Cordery, John - Dynamic Capabilities Competitive Advantage Implementation Knowledge resources are critical to competitive advantage for firms and intra-firm best-practice transfer is one way in which firms seek to develop and exploit such resources. Here, we discuss the case of a multinational firm which views best-practice transfer as an on-going process of knowledge evolution and has institutionalised virtual communities of practice (CoP) in this pursuit. We contend that CoPs have the potential to generate dynamic capabilities in firms, and identify barriers that they face in generating these capabilities. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5226 - restricted
spellingShingle Dynamic Capabilities
Competitive Advantage
Implementation
Gupta, Ajay
Soo, C.
Cordery, John
Use of Virtual Communities-of- practice for Intra-Firm Knowledge Transfer: Barriers to Dynamic Capability Formation'
title Use of Virtual Communities-of- practice for Intra-Firm Knowledge Transfer: Barriers to Dynamic Capability Formation'
title_full Use of Virtual Communities-of- practice for Intra-Firm Knowledge Transfer: Barriers to Dynamic Capability Formation'
title_fullStr Use of Virtual Communities-of- practice for Intra-Firm Knowledge Transfer: Barriers to Dynamic Capability Formation'
title_full_unstemmed Use of Virtual Communities-of- practice for Intra-Firm Knowledge Transfer: Barriers to Dynamic Capability Formation'
title_short Use of Virtual Communities-of- practice for Intra-Firm Knowledge Transfer: Barriers to Dynamic Capability Formation'
title_sort use of virtual communities-of- practice for intra-firm knowledge transfer: barriers to dynamic capability formation'
topic Dynamic Capabilities
Competitive Advantage
Implementation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5226