COORDINATING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SHARED OBJECT: AN APPROACH TO STUDY INTERORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION

Fleur Deken () and Kristina Lauche ()
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Fleur Deken: Department of Product Innovation Management, Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, Delft 2628CE, The Netherlands
Kristina Lauche: Institute of Management Research Group, Radboud University Nijmegen, Thomas van Aquinostraat 3, Nijmegen, 6500HK, The Netherlands

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2014, vol. 11, issue 01, 1-24

Abstract: To advance theory on interorganizational product innovation, we propose an analytical model based on activity theory. Our model directs attention to the emergent micro-processes of interorganizational coordination. The main premise of our model is that contradictions between an organization's different activity systems create disturbances, which require practitioners to (partly) align work practices and (partly) integrate their different perceptions of the design object. These integration efforts may lead to work practice innovation and an expanded view of the object of product innovation. The contribution of our model lies in its practice perspective and its focus on the development of the object of innovation.

Keywords: Interorganizational collaboration; micro-processes of coordination; activity theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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