A relational communication strategy for successful collaborative innovation in business-to-business markets

O’Toole, Thomas and Holden, Mary T. (2013) A relational communication strategy for successful collaborative innovation in business-to-business markets. In: Strategy and Communication for Innovation :. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 271-292. ISBN 9783642414787

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Abstract

This chapter contributes to our understanding of interorganisational relationships (IORs) through the presentation of a relational communication strategy that incorporates a set of propositions about the features and mechanisms of the communication process in successful collaborative innovation. We propose that relational communication provides the lubrication to the process of collaborative innovation facilitating border-less interaction between parties. We examine the nature of collaborative innovation and the importance of communication to collaborative innovation’s effective functioning in relationships. Features of our relational communication strategy in densely knit partnerships considered to be important in a successful collaborative innovation setting, include: (1) high frequency, bidirectionality, informality, and indirect modalities; (2) high communication quality, dense participation, and openness of information sharing of tacit and implicit knowledge; and (3) a shared meaning base and an open communication climate. The mechanisms that we propose that firms can and do use to increase the effectiveness of communication in successful collaborative innovation include: (1) interpersonal modes of communication and affiliation; (2) loose team structures; (3) electronic virtual communities and open information repositories; and (4) interorganisational communities of practice. Numerous examples and case vignettes are presented in order to support the need to focus attention on these issues.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Publisher Copyright: © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.
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Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2022 23:15
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2023 18:38
URI:	http://repository-testing.wit.ie/id/eprint/4949

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