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JCMC
1998
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Coordination and Virtualization: The Role of Electronic Networks and Personal Relationships
One view holds that organizations are virtual to the extent that they outsource key components of their production processes, and that electronic networks make it easier to do thi...
Robert E. Kraut, Charles Steinfield, Alice P. Chan...
CORR
2008
Springer
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Identifying 'Hidden' Communities of Practice within Electronic Networks: Some Preliminary Premises
This paper examines the possibility of discovering 'hidden' (potential) Communities of Practice (CoPs) inside electronic networks, and then using this knowledge to nurtu...
Richard Ribeiro, Chris Kimble