Implementing digitally enabled collaborative innovation: A case study of online and offline interaction in the German automotive industry

被引:13
作者
Aalbers, Rick [1 ]
Whelan, Eoin [2 ]
机构
[1] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Ctr Org Restruct, Inst Management Res, Nijmegen, Netherlands
[2] Natl Univ Ireland, JE Cairnes Sch Business & Econ, Business Informat Syst Dept, Galway, Ireland
关键词
channel multiplexity; cognitive flexibility; digitally enabled idea selection; digitally enabled open collaborative innovation; idea searching and filtering; offline; online; ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; KNOWLEDGE CREATION; STRUCTURAL HOLES; NETWORK COHESION; SOCIAL NETWORKS; COMMUNITIES; INFORMATION; PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY; OVERLOAD;
D O I
10.1111/caim.12437
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
In the context of implementing collaborative innovation, a range of digitally enabled infrastructures impact core organizational activities. Automotive manufacturing is one such industry where competitors now openly collaborate, facilitated through new technologies, in an effort to enhance collective innovation systems. We conducted a longitudinal case study of the first open innovation network in the German automotive industry to determine how online and offline channels interact to fuel firms' joint search for external ideas. Delving into the physical, virtual and cognitive enablers of collaborative innovation, our findings suggest that, while online platforms can help to facilitate knowledge sharing processes that promote collaborative innovation, firms implementing digitally enabled collaborative ideation need to develop additional mechanisms based on stronger offline interactions. As such, our findings contribute to a better understanding of how online technologies can facilitate knowledge sharing processes to enhance collaborative innovation.
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页码:368 / 383
页数:16
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