Managing Communities of Practice to Support Innovation

Stefano Borzillo and Renata Kaminska

Chapter 9 in Evolution of Innovation Management, 2013, pp 182-207 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the face of a complex, hypercompetitive environment (D’Aveni 1994), it is particularly important to understand the factors allowing organizations to simultaneously innovate and generate profits (March 1991; Tushman & O'Reilly 1996; Bradach 1997; Sutcliffe et al. 2000; Tushman & Smith 2002; Warglien 2002). Much of the literature on organizational ambidexterity focuses on solving the control/autonomy tension (Lawrence & Lorsch 1967; Burgelman 2003; Doz & Prahalad 1986; Bartlett & Ghoshal 1998) through decentralization of decision-making processes (Brown & Eisenhardt 1997) and redefining control mechanisms (Pascale 1990; Daft & Lewin 1993; Victor & Stephens 1994). However, these solutions, implemented within the scope of project-based structures and other forms of interdisciplinary teamwork (Nonaka & Takeuchi 1995; Halal 1999; Miles et al. 1999; Birkinshaw & Gibson 2004), have proven to be of limited efficacy. Why?

Keywords: Management Journal; Knowledge Creation; Knowledge Objective; Boundary Span; Incremental Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137299994_9

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