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RESEARCH POLICY
Volume 38, Issue 8, Pages 1278-1287Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.06.012
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Knowledge management; Virtual technologies; Innovation; Design; SECI model
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This study examines the organizational knowledge creation processes in two highly virtual teams involved in new product development projects in the automotive industry. Using Nonaka's model of knowledge creation, we explore how the virtualization of knowledge-based processes, i.e. the intensive exploitation of information and communication technologies (ICTs), has led to new forms of knowledge creation at both the individual and organizational levels. In contrast to previous studies that identify knowledge codification as the main contribution of ICTs, this study provides detailed micro-level evidence about the ability of virtual technologies to support the transfer and the creation of new knowledge - both explicit and tacit - and offers some implications for scholars and practitioners. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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