Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information Technology

In recent years, interest in “Communities of practice” (CoPs) as a tool for knowledge management and employee participation has increased in international management literature. However, their potentialities for small and medium-sized enterprises remain largely unexplored.

This research makes a contribution in this respect analyzing the implementation of “Communities of practice” in nine Spanish small-scale organizations. The information collected for the analysis comes from a questionnaire administered to participants in the learning communities at two different points (the beginning and official end of the project) and from semi-structured in-depth interviews with the coordinators and consultants intervening in the experience.

Small and Medium Enterprises can also successfully implement CoPs. Specific advantages are on their side, although they need to overcome significant barriers.

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The paper is aimed to analyze the structures involve in implementation of structural and cohesion fund and identifies main issues related on financial management. The proper function of management and control system of structures in charge with the management of structural instruments is one of the main conditions for a good absorption capacity. Financial crisis has an main impact on implementation, therefore in order to speed up the implementation of cohesion policy programmers to ensure that resources are mobilized to support recovery efforts new measures have been proposed to simplify the financial management of the cohesion policy programmers and reduce the administrative burden.

  Implementation of Cohesion and Structural Funds in Romania (621.6 KiB, 3,400 hits)