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The Corporate Social Network (CSN) in SME's: A Tool for a Collective Intelligence Culture

The Corporate Social Network (CSN) in SME's: A Tool for a Collective Intelligence Culture

Isabelle Choquet, Jacques Folon
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781522524663|ISBN10: 1522524665|EISBN13: 9781522524670
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2466-3.ch002
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Choquet, Isabelle, and Jacques Folon. "The Corporate Social Network (CSN) in SME's: A Tool for a Collective Intelligence Culture." Key Challenges and Opportunities in Web Entrepreneurship, edited by Alexandru Capatina and Elisa Rancati, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 33-52. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2466-3.ch002

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Choquet, I. & Folon, J. (2017). The Corporate Social Network (CSN) in SME's: A Tool for a Collective Intelligence Culture. In A. Capatina & E. Rancati (Eds.), Key Challenges and Opportunities in Web Entrepreneurship (pp. 33-52). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2466-3.ch002

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Choquet, Isabelle, and Jacques Folon. "The Corporate Social Network (CSN) in SME's: A Tool for a Collective Intelligence Culture." In Key Challenges and Opportunities in Web Entrepreneurship, edited by Alexandru Capatina and Elisa Rancati, 33-52. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2466-3.ch002

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Abstract

The authors intend to demonstrate that corporate social networks (CSN) are a very efficient tool for SME's and start-ups, since their early launch. They will immediately create an interactive structure and a culture of collective intelligence. The chapter aims at revealing how SMEs or start-ups are able to capture the opportunities provided by CSNs, perceived as proximity social networks. The research investigates if the use of CSN at the launch of the SME promotes the development of a collective intelligence culture, but also if several CSN may coexist within the same structure according to the needs encountered: “above-the-flow” approach (dialogue, exchanges) or “in the flow” approach (integration of workflow and document). The authors strongly believe that CSN has to be introduced by a web entrepreneur at the early stage of creation of his start-up, because it supports the scaling of the business, allowing the creation of a knowledge sharing culture, making the knowledge available inside the company.

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