Sub-theme 35: Innovation, Knowledge Integration and Path Dependence: Towards More Reflective Practices
Convenors:
Jörg Sydow, Freie Universität, Germany, & Strathclyde University, UK
Christian Berggren, Linköping University, Sweden
Robert J. DeFillippi, Suffolk University, Boston, USA
Session I: Thursday, July 02, 11:00 to 12:30, COM-2103
Individual and Organizational Knowledge Integration
Chair: Robert DeFillippi
Sang-Joon Kim
Where does knowledge integration come from? The role of structure of behavior in knowledge integration processes
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Taran Thune
Karin Bredin and Cecilia Enberg
Solutions for sustained expertise in project-based organizations: Organizing for disciplinary leadership or disciplinary community
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Simge Tuna
Christian Berggren & Jörg Sydow: "Introducing the theme and the participants"
Session II: Thursday, July 02, 14:00 to 15:30, COM-2103
Knowledge Integation across Disciplinary Boundaries
Chair: Christian Berggren
Taran M. Thune and Magnus Gulbrandsen
Integration of clinical and scientific knowledge in medical invention processes
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sang-Joon Kim
Simge Tuna, Stefano Brusoni and Anja Schulze
Architectural knowledge generation: Two-dimensional processes in a technology firm
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Karin Bredin
Lars Bengtsson, Nicolette Lakemond, Keld Laursen and Fredrik Tell
Knowledge integration across boundaries in open innovation
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Arisa Shollo
Session III: Thursday, July 02, 16:00 to 17:30, COM-2103
Organizational Path Dependence
Chair: Jörg Sydow
Rachel Matthews and Joaquin Cestino
A perspective on path dependence processes: The role of knowledge integration and embeddedness in business model innovation
dynamics
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Kristian Kreiner
Rene Sehi and Jörg Funder
The limits of dynamics: How self-reinforcing mechanisms impact the resource allocation processes of German electricity suppliers
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Katherine Lovell
Haiying Lin, Oana Branzei and Lea Katrin Stadtler
Relational complexity: How past motifs shape future environmental alliances
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Anna Stephens
Session IV: Friday, July 03, 09:00 to 10:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Knowledge Integration and Technology - Room: COM-2103
Chair: Christian Berggren
Arisa Shollo, Ioanna Constantiou and Kristian Kreiner
Knowledge integration in developing distant problem solving processes: The case of Diesel engine failure in cargo vessels
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Nicolette Lakemond
Daniela Silvestri, Massimo Riccaboni, Andrea Morescalchi and Antonio Della Malva
Innovation over the business sector cycle: The interrelated effects of knowledge flow and firms' strategies on patents' creativity
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Charlotte Croft
Alan O'Sullivan
Changing the structure of decision-making to manage external knowledge sourcing for complex new-product development
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Graeme Currie
Parallel Stream B: Regional Clusters: Between Innovation and Path Dependence - Room: COM-3104
Chair: Jörg Sydow
Anna Stephens and Jorgen Sandberg
Learning how to cluster: A structurational perspective
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Rene Sehi
Sébastien Geindre, Julien De Benedittis, Carine Dominguez-Péry, Rana Tassabehji and Armelle Farastier
The role of individuals to enhance ACAP for innovations: The case of SMEs in a textile cluster
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Adriana Takahashi
Anuja Gupta
Value creation & knowledge integration: A study of firm scope & related diversification
Session V: Friday, July 03, 14:00 to 15:30, COM-2103
Knowledge Integration and Absorptive Capacity
Chair: Robert DeFillippi
Vincent Chauvet
Triggering absorptive capacity: How do managerial and knowledge sharing mechanisms matter?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Massimo Riccaboni
Charlotte Croft and Graeme Currie
An exploration of coordination capabilities enhancing absorptive capacity towards knowledge integration
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Magali Malherbe
Florindo Rhaoni Picolli and Adriana Roseli Wünsch Takahashi
The recursive process between absorptive capacity and organization learning through social integration mechanisms: A study
in two institutions of public education in Brazil
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Carine Dominguez-Péry
Session VI: Saturday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, COM-2103
Knowledge Integration across Organizational Boundaries
Chair: Christian Berggren
Christian Berggren and Solmaz Filiz Karabag
Struggling with knowledge boundaries and stickiness: Case studies of innovator firms in an emerging economy
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Thomas Lauvås
Thomas Lauvås and Ola Edvin Vie
Aiming at radical innovations: The knowledge integration activities between university and industry partners in research centres
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Pernille Smith
Pernille Smith and Andrea Carugati
Reflecting and practicing in the trading zone: Exchange logics in inter-organizational R&D collaborations
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Thomas Lauvås
Session VII: Saturday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, COM-2103
Path Dependence and Technology
Chair: Jörg Sydow
Magali Malherbe and Fanny Simon
Learning and knowledge accumulation as sources of influence for actors during path constitution: The example of the emergence
of NFC technology
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jörg Funder
Nazia Talat and Saradindu Bhaduri
Adoption of reverse osmosis (RO) water purification technologies by urban households in India: Path dependence revisited
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Oana Branzei
Katherine Lovell
Disrupting momentum: Redirecting the development of mature infrastructure systems
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Joaquin Cestino