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Designing for
Innovation or Adaptation: The Symmetry, Syntopy and Synchrony of Boundary
Spanning Partnerships
Sean Gadman, International Business
School, Isle of Man, s.gadman@ibs.ac.im
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The Internet is enabling a
new economy based on the networking of human knowledge. While the benefits of
using I.T. to connect people to people and people to information within a
business are commonly understood, much less is known about the advantages of
well-managed partnerships across corporate boundaries. Building on the findings
of a recent study of knowledge creating collaborations (Gadman and Cooper 2003),
and the growing interest in Open Source Software development communities, (Von
Hipple and Von Krogh 2003), (Cole and Lee 2003), this paper addresses the
importance of selecting the most appropriate collaborative strategy to meet
business needs and the challenges of managing relationships which often span
organizational cultures and boundaries. The findings are relevant to any company
that depends on the free flow of ideas among smart people and provides a lens
through which we can learn and discover new and creative possibilities for the
future..
Keywords: Knowledge Management. Open Source Communities. Communities of
Common Interest, Communities of Practice, Collaboration. Organisational
Behaviour. Organisational Design
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