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@article{citeulike:1246158, abstract = {We present a detailed model of collaboration in communities of practice and we examine its dynamical consequences for the group as a whole. We establish the existence of a novel mechanism that allows the community to naturally adapt to growth, specialization, or changes in the environment without the need for central controls. This mechanism relies on the appearance of a dynamical instability that initates an exploration of novel interactions, eventually leading to higher performance for the...}, author = {Huberman, Bernardo A. and Hogg, Tad}, citeulike-article-id = {1246158}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.26.7850}, journal = {Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory}, keywords = {communities, emergent, of, practice, teams}, pages = {73--92}, posted-at = {2007-04-24 01:31:29}, priority = {2}, title = {Communities of Practice: Performance and Evolution}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.26.7850}, volume = {1}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1246158 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1246158 N2 - We present a detailed model of collaboration in communities of practice and we examine its dynamical consequences for the group as a whole. We establish the existence of a novel mechanism that allows the community to naturally adapt to growth, specialization, or changes in the environment without the need for central controls. This mechanism relies on the appearance of a dynamical instability that initates an exploration of novel interactions, eventually leading to higher performance for the... JF - Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory EP - 92 TI - Communities of Practice: Performance and Evolution VL - 1 SP - 73 KW - communities KW - emergent KW - of KW - practice KW - teams AU - Huberman, Bernardo AU - Hogg, Tad PY - 1995/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.26.7850 ER -