Absorptive Capacity: The Role of Communities of Practice
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Keywords
absorptive capacity; communities of practice; organizational learning; ethnography; Royal Mail;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
- L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
- L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
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