Communities of practice in the field of innovation in multinational companies: the case of SEB Group

Les communautés de pratique en innovation dans les entreprises multinationales: le cas du Groupe SEB

Lusine Arzumanyan and Ulrike Mayrhofer ()
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Lusine Arzumanyan: MAGELLAN - Laboratoire de Recherche Magellan - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Lyon
Ulrike Mayrhofer: MAGELLAN - Laboratoire de Recherche Magellan - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Lyon

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Abstract: Companies create communities of practice to accelerate their innovation processes. This article aims to improve our understanding of communities of practice. The results of the empirical study, which is based on 63 semi-structured interviews conducted at SEB Group, highlight the dynamics as well as the benefits and limits of communities of practice in the field of innovation.

Keywords: Community of practice; innovation; multinational company; Communauté de pratique; entreprise multinationale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in Recherches en sciences de gestion, 2018, 125, pp.27-44. ⟨10.3917/resg.125.0027⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/resg.125.0027

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