The firm is the central actor for the effectuation of innovation and technological change. The large industrial laboratories of the previous century have given way to more organizationally and geographically diffuse sources of technology, placing even greater emphasis on the coordination skills...

In contemporary dynamic and turbulent competitive business landscape, knowledge-based competition became a new normal. So far, studies gave little attention to an integration of knowledge and dynamic capabilities for business strategies, however. Therefore, this study was initiated to see recent...

Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Research Design and Methodology -- Case Descriptions of the studied Communities of Practice -- CoPs as Enabler of Organizational Knowledge Creation -- CoPs as Loci of Collective Lead Userness -- CoPs as an Enhancement of Organizations’ Innovative...