My research and findings about SAP communities

Hi my name is Badr Bijjou, and I am a MBA student.
I am currently conducting research about SAP communities, this is an amazing time for the Enterprise and Im having a fantastic time collecting data and interacting with people around this topic. If you are interested in what I have learned so far head over and take a look ( [www.bijjou.de|http://www.bijjou.de] ). If you want feel free to add your input as well, as I collect more and more data I plan to share my results, so others can learn from it as well first Ill have to finish my thesis though
Some of the more interesting things Ive learned so far are from a small SAP community:
SAP community members share valuable information with others, even if they know that there might be competitors. This is quite interesting. Is the SAP community an area free from thoughts about competition?
as well as this little interesting bit of information,
SAP community members have high trust in the SAP brand and fun using it, an aspect which is in my opinion in contrast to the nature and complexity.
Any thoughts on either of those?
Cheers
Badr

It is the regular case, that the most SAP community members are working for different companies.
These companies might have several intercorporate relationships e.g. some are partners, competitors, buyer -seller relationship etc. . (who knows)
We know that business processes are critical to corporate success, thats why SAP has a good business model :-). So there is a high need in the market for customized SAP solutions. The best solutions require good knowledge. Knowledge is shared in this community for free. Notice: There are some companies who might earn money, for knowledge / information waht you are sharing here.
Example: If you are an SAP consultant you might be interested to get a lot of orders from customers to design and implement a SAP solution. You competitive advantage and unique selling proposition / arguments towards the customer is your knowledge. In regular cases, there more SAP consultants out there. So you are in competition in the regular market (outside the community). But within the community you share your knowledge...
I hope could describe the intend behind...
Badr

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