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July 2003, Volume 1, Number 1, Pages 28-38
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| R&D collaboration: role of Ba in knowledge-creating networks |
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| Malin Brännback1 |
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1Turku School of Economics and Business Administration/Innomarket, Lemminkaisenkatu, Turku, Finland
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Correspondence to: Malin Brännback, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration/Innomarket, Lemminkaisenkatu, 14-18C, FIN-202 Turku, Finland. Tel: +358-2-481 4582; Fax: +358-2-481 4268; E-mail: malin.brannback@tukkk.fi |
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| Research and development (R&D) collaboration between universities and business is a vital form of new knowledge creation in knowledge-intensive high-technology business environments. Increasingly, collaboration occurs in networks. A key element in forming these collaborate networks is shared knowledge creation, which is dependent on the Ba, the SECI process, and knowledge assets. This paper argues that Ba plays a major role for successful knowledge creation through R&D collaboration between university and business. A Ba is a perception of a place - which can be virtual - and a shared purpose. The absence of a Ba is a significant barrier to success, but building a Ba takes collaborative time and effort. This paper addresses the problems in the successful formation of such networks based on insights from biotechnology, an area where this type of collaboration has been and still is common, but not always successful or unproblematic.
Knowledge Management Research & Practice (2003) 1, 28-38. doi:10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500006 |
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| Keywords |
| R&D collaboration; knowledge creation; context knowledge; shared knowledge creation; networks; biotechnology |
| Received 7 March 2003; revised 3 April 2003; accepted 3 April 2003 |
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