Knowledge and Communities

Eric Lesser is an Executive Consultant with the IBM Instrtute for Knowledge Management and a member of IBM's Global Knowledge Management Consuiting and Solutions oractice in Cambridge, MA. He currently leads the Institute's work on communities and oustomer knowledge. Enc is the editor of Knowledge and Social Capital (Butterworth-Heinemarin, 2000) and is a visiting instruction at Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Intomation Science Eric earmed his M.B.A. from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Michael Fontaine is a Consuitant with the IBM Institute for Knowledge Management in Cambridge, MA. His research has focused on communities of practice and the intersection of knowledge management and e-business. Michael earined his M.B.A. from Northeastern University and is an adjunct faculty member at Johnson and Wales University in the area of Economios and Finance Jason Slusher is a Consultant with the IBM Institute for Knowledge Management in Cambridge, MA His research has focused on knowledge strategy and communities of practice Jason bolds an M.B.A. from Northeastern University and an M.Ed from the University of Miami.Lesser, Eric is the author of 'Knowledge and Communities ' with ISBN 9780750672931 and ISBN 0750672935.