Understanding what can be accomplished through interorganizational innovations The importance of typologies,context and management strategies |
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| Authors: | Myrna Mandell Toddi Steelman |
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| Affiliation: | 1. California State University, Department of Management, College of Business Administration and Economics, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, California, USA Tel: +1 818 846-6237 Fax: +1 818 677 6267 E-mail: myrna.mandell@csun.edu;2. North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry, Campus Box 8008, Raleigh, NC 27695-8008, USA Tel: +1 919 515 2893 Fax: +1 919 515 6193 E-mail: Toddi_Steelman@ncsu.edu |
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| Abstract: | There has been increasing interest in collaborations, partnerships and networks as they have emerged as interorganizational innovations to address the integrated nature of complex policy problems. Understanding the variation in how these innovations work, as well as what they do, is an important step in allowing managers to understand better the implications and applications of these arrangements. This article provides a descriptive and functional analysis of the diverse types of interorganizational innovations with an eye toward achieving a more universal typology of the variations that exist. The article details the various applications for which these different variants can be used and the contextual factors that affect them. The typology and functional analysis is useful for decision makers to assess the types of interorganizational innovations they might want to adopt in a given situation. |
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| Keywords: | Networks Collaborations Interorganizational Innovation Network Structures Interorganizational Management Strategies Organizational Management Strategies |
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