Managing SMEs’ Collaboration Across Organizational Boundaries Within a Regional Business Ecosystem
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Managing SMEs’ Collaboration Across Organizational Boundaries Within a Regional Business Ecosystem. / Radziwon, Agnieszka; Bogers, Marcel.
Researching Open Innovation in SMEs. ed. / Wim Vanhaverbeke; Federico Frattini; Nadine Roijakkers; Muhammad Usman. World Scientific, 2018. p. 213-248.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Managing SMEs’ Collaboration Across Organizational Boundaries Within a Regional Business Ecosystem
AU - Radziwon, Agnieszka
AU - Bogers, Marcel
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) often engage in relationships with external partners that complement their activities in improving their products and services in order to maintain their market share in a competitive landscape. In this chapter, we present a case that focuses on SMEs’ perspective on managing and organizing inter-company collaboration within a regional business. We explore how purposefully managed mutual knowledge flows across organizational boundaries applied by SMEs contribute to the development of the ecosystem they are immersed in. Our key findings include insights into the advantages offered by being embedded within regional ecosystem boundaries, such as low transaction costs and reduced risks of opportunistic behaviors, environmental opportunities for external knowledge sourcing or increase of the sphere of influence. We also highlight accompanied challenges, such as low autonomy and control over the partners and indicate shared issues and responsibilities crucial for further ecosystem development. As a conclusion, we offer a set of recommendations both for managers and policymakers concerning general organizational requirements and governing structures.
AB - Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) often engage in relationships with external partners that complement their activities in improving their products and services in order to maintain their market share in a competitive landscape. In this chapter, we present a case that focuses on SMEs’ perspective on managing and organizing inter-company collaboration within a regional business. We explore how purposefully managed mutual knowledge flows across organizational boundaries applied by SMEs contribute to the development of the ecosystem they are immersed in. Our key findings include insights into the advantages offered by being embedded within regional ecosystem boundaries, such as low transaction costs and reduced risks of opportunistic behaviors, environmental opportunities for external knowledge sourcing or increase of the sphere of influence. We also highlight accompanied challenges, such as low autonomy and control over the partners and indicate shared issues and responsibilities crucial for further ecosystem development. As a conclusion, we offer a set of recommendations both for managers and policymakers concerning general organizational requirements and governing structures.
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-981-3230-96-5
SP - 213
EP - 248
BT - Researching Open Innovation in SMEs
A2 - Vanhaverbeke, Wim
A2 - Frattini, Federico
A2 - Roijakkers, Nadine
A2 - Usman, Muhammad
PB - World Scientific
ER -
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