Knowledge Creation Dynamics in Multidisciplinary Virtual Teams
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Virtual teams formed across organisational boundaries and organised around an opportunity are a relatively new area of research. The purpose of forming such teams is new ‘knowledge creation’. The focus of this paper, therefore, is on the processes of collective ‘knowing’ resulting in novel combinations of products and services. The paper presents the preliminary results of a qualitative research study of seven virtual partnerships and proposes an initial conceptual model of the knowledge creating processes taking place in virtual business relationships.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002