Matching Communities and Hierarchies within the Firm |
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Authors: | Cohendet Patrick Creplet Frédéric Diani Morad Dupouët Olivier Schenk Eric |
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Affiliation: | (1) BETA, University Louis Pasteur, 61 av. de la Forêt Noire, 67000 Strasbourg, France;(2) LICIA, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 24 bd. de la Victoire, 67000 Strasbourg, France |
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Abstract: | This article, which draws on recent literature on organizational communities, raises the question of the coherence of the firm through the analysis of the dialectic interaction between hierarchies and Knowledge-Intensive Communities (KnICs) within the firm. Focusing on the cognitive dimension of the firm, we analyze the matching between hierarchies and KnICs and draw conclusions as to the coherence of the firm. Using two key elements (the frequency of interactions and the intensity of communication between communities), we draw a typology allowing a better understanding of the processes of coordination and knowledge creation within the firm. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | coherence of the firm communities hierarchies organizational knowledge |
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