...Stefano Borzillo Purpose This research aims to uncover three forms of communities of practice (CoPs), based on a set of six governance mechanisms. The focus is on the specific question of how organizations combine different governance mechanisms to balance autonomy and control in the management...

... as being one of the key success factors behind knowledge management initiatives. Similarly, Argote et al. (2003) highlight the “importance of social relations in understanding knowledge creation, retention and transfer” (p. 576). Communities of practice (CoPs) are used widely for knowledge...

...Joseph Bashouri; Glen William Duncan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the importance of knowledge and its management in the creative professional service firm (PSF). The other purpose is to explore the role of communities of practice (CoPs) in knowledge management (KM) strategies...

...Stefano Borzillo; Achim Schmitt; Mirko Antino Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide managers, researchers, and consultants with insights into the ways communities of practice (CoPs) simultaneously support organizations' product refinements (their knowledge exploitation and alignment...