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Empirical Evidence About Community Knowledge Preservation

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Abstract

This chapter reports case studies on four communities of practice in order to understand how a community preserves knowledge. The methodology of analysis used is the multiple case study, which is a qualitative method of research recognized as particularly suitable for exploring a phenomenon in a natural setting. The case studies reported allow me to better define the boundaries between the various processes of knowledge management by distinguishing the process of knowledge preservation from others. The case studies also provide evidence of the interplay between knowledge and knowing by clarifying the various mechanisms and tools that enable community members to select, store and actualize explicit and tacit forms of collective knowledge.

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Notes

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    This paragraph was written by Rocco Agrifoglio and Davide De Gennaro.

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    http://aisnet.org/?AboutAIS (Accessed 15 May 2015).

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    http://ais.site-ym.com/members/group.aspx?id=101636 (Accessed 15 May 2015).

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    http://ais.site-ym.com/members/group_content_view.asp?group=101636&id=166578 (Accessed 15 May 2015).

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    http://aisnet.org/?SpecialInterestGroup (Accessed 15 May 2015).

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    http://ais.site-ym.com/members/group_content_view.asp?group=101636&id=166578 (Accessed 15 May 2015).

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    http://ais.site-ym.com/members/group_content_view.asp?group=101636&id=166658 (Accessed 15 May 2015).

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    http://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=4140068 (Accessed 16 May 2015).

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    This paragraph was written by Rocco Agrifoglio and Nicola Albanese.

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    http://www.santuarioassunta.com/oratorio-a-guardia (Accessed 20 May 2015).

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    http://www.santuarioassunta.com/la-storia-dei-riti (Accessed 20 May 2015).

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    http://www.santuarioassunta.com/bollettino/bollettini (Accessed 20 May 2015).

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    http://www.santuarioassunta.com/ (Accessed 20 May 2015).

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    https://twitter.com/SantAssunta (Accessed 20 May 2015).

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    http://www.santuarioassunta.com/live-tv/non-categorizzato/live-tv (Accessed 20 May 2015).

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    http://oratoriosanfilipponeripalermo.org/ (Accessed 21 May 2015).

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    http://oratoriosanfilipponeripalermo.org/congregazione/storia/ (Accessed 21 May 2015).

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    http://oratoriosanfilipponeripalermo.org/ (Accessed 21 May 2015).

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    https://www.facebook.com/oratoriosanfilipponeripalermo (Accessed 21 May 2015).

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    This paragraph is based on and extends some elements of the analyses developed by the author in Agrifoglio and Metallo (2015).

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Agrifoglio, R. (2015). Empirical Evidence About Community Knowledge Preservation. In: Knowledge Preservation Through Community of Practice. SpringerBriefs in Information Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22234-9_4

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