Modalities of coordination inside innovative collaborative projects: between face-to-face interactions and interactions at a distance

Modalités de coordination de projets collaboratifs pour l'innovation: entre interactions en face-à-face et interactions à distance

Bastien Bernela () and Rachel Levy ()
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Rachel Levy: LEREPS - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche sur l'Economie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Toulouse - ENSFEA - École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole de Toulouse-Auzeville

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Abstract: This research aims to characterize interactions between partners within collaborative projects for innovation. We use data from an online survey sent to all the partners involved in projects labelled by a French competitiveness cluster. The partners have assessed the frequency of face-to-face interactions and interactions at a distance with each other partner of the same project. From the 754 inter-organizational ties, we observe heterogeneity of interactions in terms of existence and frequency. Although the role of the project coordinator and partners' acquaintanceship stimulates interactions, we show that geographical proximity has a positive impact only on face-to-face interactions. Finally, a cross-analysis of the two forms of interactions highlights the existence of both complementarity and substitutability cases, but this latter is possible only if a minimum of face-to-face interactions occurs.

Keywords: inter-organizational network; collaborative project; face-to-face; réseau inter-organisationnel; projet collaboratif; distance; face-à-face; coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-11-20
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