Europe: Collaboration in the High Technology Sectors

Sharp, Margaret

doi:10.1093/oxrep/3.1.52

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“…The argument was spurious, of course, buoyed up by misunderstanding -perhaps deliberately -the role of co-ordination and cooperation (both formal and informal) in Japanese and American IT innovation. The misunderstanding hardly mattered; for the Europeans, collaboration was always an instrument to help effect political unity (Sharp, 1987). Thus it was that Esprit came to be valued less for the innovation it encouraged than for the ability of its collaborative philosophy to insist that small firms and firms from southern Europe participate in its programmes (Marschan-Piekkari et al, 2001).…”

Section: Collaboration and Espritmentioning

confidence: 99%

Out of control: personal networks in European collaboration

Macdonald

Piekkari²

2005

R&D Management

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The formal ties that bind collaborating organisations are often assumed to be reinforced by the relationships of individual employees, and these by trust. So, too, are the personal networks by which employees acquire much of the information required for the organisation's innovation. It is easy to assume that personal networks should support collaborative arrangements. It is also tempting for managers to ensure that they do by bringing them under organisational control. This paper investigates collaboration in Esprit, the European Commission's programme for research in information technology. It finds personal networks, and considers the implications for innovation of attempts to render these networks compatible with collaboration.

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Section: Collaboration and Espritmentioning

confidence: 99%