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What is Blog (or weblog)

Chapter 101
Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
A personal Web page including regular posts in reverse chronological order about a particular topic (Blanchard, 2004; Herring et al., 2004; Wagner & Bolloju, 2005).
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Knowledge Blogs in Firm Internal Use
Miia Kosonen (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland), Kaisa Henttonen (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland), and Kirsimarja Blomqvist (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch101
Abstract
Knowledge sharing in today’s distributed organizations is a challenge. Hierarchical structures may not support the fast flow of information or the efficient co-creation of knowledge from specialized and tacit individual knowledge bases (see Grant, 1996; Miles et al., 2000; Adler, 2001). There is therefore a need to devise new patterns for leveraging dispersed knowledge within organizations and across organizational borders. In the following we explore internal company weblogs as a potential new channel for sharing knowledge and expertise.
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