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CoPs & Organizational Identity: Five Case Studies of NTBFs

CoPs & Organizational Identity: Five Case Studies of NTBFs

Eduardo Bueno Campos, Mónica Longo Somoza, M. Paz Salmador
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 29
ISBN13: 9781605668024|ISBN10: 1605668028|EISBN13: 9781605668031
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-802-4.ch018
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Campos, Eduardo Bueno, et al. "CoPs & Organizational Identity: Five Case Studies of NTBFs." Handbook of Research on Communities of Practice for Organizational Management and Networking: Methodologies for Competitive Advantage, edited by Olga Rivera Hernáez and Eduardo Bueno Campos, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 308-336. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-802-4.ch018

APA

Campos, E. B., Somoza, M. L., & Salmador, M. P. (2011). CoPs & Organizational Identity: Five Case Studies of NTBFs. In O. Hernáez & E. Bueno Campos (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Communities of Practice for Organizational Management and Networking: Methodologies for Competitive Advantage (pp. 308-336). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-802-4.ch018

Chicago

Campos, Eduardo Bueno, Mónica Longo Somoza, and M. Paz Salmador. "CoPs & Organizational Identity: Five Case Studies of NTBFs." In Handbook of Research on Communities of Practice for Organizational Management and Networking: Methodologies for Competitive Advantage, edited by Olga Rivera Hernáez and Eduardo Bueno Campos, 308-336. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-802-4.ch018

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Abstract

The present chapter analyzes the emergent concepts of communities of practice and organizational identity, as well as their interrelationships, in the context of a knowledge-based economy. In particular, the chapter focuses on new technology-based firms (NTBF). Two main propositions are discussed. First, members of these organizations can build the organizational identity through communities of practice. Second, the organizational identity socially built by members can facilitate the emergence of communities of practice. These propositions are first grounded in a theoretical review and later they are tested empirically in five case studies of new technology-based firms created at Madrid Science Park. Finally, the main conclusions and directions for further research are presented.

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