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Author:Mattila, Pauliina
Title:Enhancing collaboration between participants in a research and development consortium
Tutkimus- ja kehityskonsortion yhteistyön edistäminen osallistujien välillä
Publication type:Master's thesis
Publication year:2014
Pages:84+4      Language:   eng
Department/School:Perustieteiden korkeakoulu
Main subject:Product Development   (Kon-41)
Supervisor:Ekman, Kalevi
Instructor:Mäkinen, Samuli ; Laakso, Miko
Electronic version URL: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201410052746
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Location:P1 Ark Aalto     | Archive
Keywords:R&D consortium
collaboration
knowledge management
learning
knowledge creation
strategic alliance
Abstract (eng):Due to an accelerated technology change and market globalization, various forms of strategic collaborations have become an increasingly important venue through which organizations strive to gain a competitive advantage.
Despite their popularity, not all collaborations are successful and there is a lack of agreement on the factors regarding performance.
Thus, the research focus has turned towards management factors and the knowledge gained over the course of a collaboration.
As knowledge gain has become one of the most important motivations to enter strategic collaboration, this study examines the creation of knowledge and learning in a research and development project in Finnish health and wellbeing sector.
In more detail, the purpose of the study is to understand the collaboration between individual project members coming from participating companies and research organizations and to form practical implications for the ongoing project and future collaborations alike.
Approach to the research topic was explorative, and the study was executed as a single case study.
To gain an in-depth understanding of the case, qualitative research methods were chosen to best suit the data gathering.
A total of ten semistructured interviews were conducted and all premises of participating organizations were visited.
In addition, participative observation was carried out in the project related activities.
The data was analysed using a constant comparative method.
Based on the results, participating organizations of the project worked mainly independently.
The coordination of the project was slack partly due to leadership having changed from being the responsibility of research organizations to that of the companies.
Moreover, intellectual property rules were considered to have decreased the openness of their communication.
However, participants were motivated to conduct research, hoped it had relevance in the future and weighed the consortium as significant.
To enhance the current state of collaboration, interaction between participants should be increased further and knowledge creation activities diversified.
This study contributes to strategic collaboration literature by forming an in-depth understanding of the mechanics and the influencing factors of a collaborative project.
As practical contributions, several activities were designed to enhance the collaboration of the on-going project and future collaborations.
As the research concentrated on one single case, findings regarding the state of the collaboration cannot directly be generally applied to all collaborative projects and industry sectors.
However, as several influencing factors form the base of any collaborative behaviour, the suggested activities might be applicable to a varying extent to diverse forms of collaborative projects.
ED:2014-10-05
INSSI record number: 49806
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