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Inter-organizational collaboration is becoming increasingly significant as a means of achieving organizational objectives in turbulent environments. Yet it is not an easy process to implement successfully. Drawing on the work of authors with a high level of relevant experience, this volume provides a thought-provoking and accessible introduction to the theory and practice of `creating collaborative advantage'. The first part of the book develops a framework of key dimensions for understanding collaboration. Different perspectives highlight the diversity of rationales and contexts involved, and the range of elements which need to be considered and addressed when embarking on collaborative endeavours. The se
The Search for Collaborative Advantage
The Search for Collaborative Advantage
Some Conceptual Handles
This book opened with a view that collaboration is difficult but valuable if done successfully. The book has aimed to contribute to an understanding of how to manage the difficulties in order to maximize the value – the collaborative advantage – to be gained from collaboration.
One way of viewing the way in which this book has contributed to such an understanding is at two levels. First, many of the chapters make an important contribution to a picture of collaboration in practice through highlighting considerations which can affect its success and value. Such conceptual insights can inform the actions of future collaborators or of those facilitating collaborative groups. Secondly, many of the chapters describe processes which ...
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