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Inter-organizational collective learning: the case of biotechnology in France

dc.contributor.authorPina-Stranger, Alvaro
HAL ID: 7247
dc.contributor.authorLazega, Emmanuel
HAL ID: 13781
ORCID: 0000-0001-8844-6426
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-04T07:37:34Z
dc.date.available2010-06-04T07:37:34Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.urihttps://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/4281
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectAdvice networks
dc.subjectInter-organizational networks
dc.subjectCollective learning
dc.subjectHomophily
dc.subjectCooperation
dc.subjectbiotechnology industryen
dc.subjectPolarization
dc.subjectEpistemic alignment
dc.subject.ddc306.3en
dc.subject.classificationjelL65en
dc.subject.classificationjelD83en
dc.subject.classificationjelA14en
dc.subject.classificationjelZ13en
dc.subject.classificationjelO32en
dc.titleInter-organizational collective learning: the case of biotechnology in Franceen
dc.typeArticle accepté pour publication ou publié
dc.description.abstractenWe explore inter-organizational collective learning by assuming that authority relationships are different at the inter- from the intra-organizational level. This difference has implications for the way in which a collective solves the problems related to the creation of a hierarchy between different bodies of appropriate knowledge. At the intra-organizational level, cognitive conflicts are solved by centralization and alignment with opinion leaders who often have formal and epistemic authority. In this context, members tend not to seek advice from others « below » them in the organizational status hierarchy. At the inter-organizational level, we show that the absence of a formal hierarchy encourages entrepreneurs to invest heavily in relational activity. This behaviour allows them to keep their status in a context where epistemic conflicts become entrenched, following a polarization process, in different epistemic communities. We illustrate this phenomenon with an empirical study of entrepreneurs in the French biotech industry.
dc.relation.isversionofjnlnameEuropean Journal of International Management
dc.relation.isversionofjnlvol4
dc.relation.isversionofjnlissue6
dc.relation.isversionofjnldate2010
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpages602-620
dc.relation.isversionofdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2010.035591
dc.description.sponsorshipprivateouien
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpublisherInderscienceen
dc.subject.ddclabelSociologie économiqueen


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