How should we understand knowledge creation in organizations ? A wide body of empirical and theoretical research aims to identify different types of conversion processes framed by organizations. Stressing the discontinuity of knowledge, the paper argues that conversion processes face tacit traps...

This article, which draws on recent literature on organizational communities, raises the question of the coherence of the firm through the analysis of the dialectic interaction between hierarchies and Knowledge-Intensive Communities (KnICs) within the firm. Focusing on the cognitive dimension of...

This paper is aimed to show the great importance of knowledge as a vital strategic resource for modern business, at the beginning 21st century. The turbulent business environment, with global trends and the stringent competition in the world market resulted in the significant changes that...