Dr. Robin Teigland is an Associate Professor at the Center for Strategy and Competitiveness at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) in Sweden. For more than ten years, she has researched and lectured on social networks and their relationship with strategy and performance at the individual, firm, and regional and national levels. For example, she is currently investigating the impact of EU funding schemes on researcher networks and European SME competitiveness for the European Commission. Robin is also an active researcher and educator in virtual worlds, and her avatar, Karinda Rhode, is the caretaker of the Stockholm School of Economics island on Second Life (SSE MBA). More information is at www.knowledgenetworking.org .