Open culture and innovation: integrating knowledge across boundaries

The Open execuTiOn MOdel: Innovation Across Boundaries

Distribute Knowledge across Boundaries

*London School of Economics and Political Science ([email protected]; [email protected]) University of Oslo ([email protected] ) Abstract The strategic use of knowledge and its management depend upon the relevant organizational context. The model of the “learning ladder” is a compact way of describing the unfolding of multiple organizational knowledge creation, transformation and transfer ...

Leveraging Knowledge Across Geographic Boundaries

T his paper examines knowledge flows within and across geographic boundaries of clusters and nations in the biotechnology industry. We hypothesize that these flows are characterized by various factors relating to the knowledge itself and by firm innovativeness and the presence of prior knowledge flows at the firm level. Surprisingly, our findings suggest that geographic proximity does not matte...

Changing Boundaries in Virtual (Open) Innovation Work

Co-creation and open innovation is changing the context for virtual work and the role of culture in boundary spanning. Organizations that are opening up to embrace a more open way of innovating often meet heterogeneous stakeholders. Culture in IS research is often analyzed on an organizational level, however, boundary spanning in innovation work calls for theorizing culture on several levels. T...

Innovation and knowledge sharing across professional boundaries: Political interplay between boundary objects and brokers

The article examines the process of innovation and knowledge sharing from a perspective that focuses on the influence that local circumstances can have. In particular, it looks at the problems of knowledge sharing between groups of professionals. It presents a comparative analysis of two studies, one involving two groups of IT professionals; the other a network of healthcare professionals. The ...