Key research themes
1. How do organizational structures and governance models influence value creation and sustainability in collaborative networks?
This research theme investigates the design, governance, and structural elements that enable collaborative networks to create value and sustain their operations. It emphasizes understanding the complex dynamics of collaboration among organizations, encompassing different network forms, the role of trust, incentives, and balanced stability-agility tensions. This theme is significant because effective collaboration across organizational boundaries is critical for innovation, competitive advantage, and addressing complex problems in knowledge-driven economies.
2. What technological infrastructures and tools effectively support knowledge sharing and decision-making in collaborative management environments?
This theme focuses on identifying and analyzing IT systems, collaborative platforms, and decision-support tools that facilitate knowledge sharing and collective decision-making in collaborative organizations. The emphasis is on how technical solutions can integrate various systems and support dynamic, virtual, or distributed teams to improve communication, coordination, and informed decision-making, which are fundamental for effective collaborative management.
3. How do individual and group behavioral strategies shape the management of multiple collaborations and interdependencies in distributed and virtual settings?
This theme explores how individuals and teams cognitively and behaviorally manage the complexities arising from multiple simultaneous collaborations, coordination challenges in distributed projects, and interdependent work processes. The focus lies on the strategies for multitasking, maintaining awareness, managing transitions across collaborative contexts, and balancing formal and informal coordination mechanisms. Understanding these mechanisms informs the design of collaborative management practices and environments that accommodate dynamic, virtual, and multi-stakeholder collaboration.