In this study the global Information Systems academic community is viewed as a community of practice in which knowledge is resident but inadequately shared.
Review of "UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS AND IMPACT OF COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE" by Michael A. Fontaine and David R. Millen, Chapter 1 in Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice
W. Stock. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62 (5):
963--986(May 1, 2011)Information Cities, Information Society, and the Knowledge Economy blog entry citation.