Regional agglomerations or clusters of specialised firms and other organisations, in particular industries, have beenaround for centuries and have been a subject of research for decades (for an overview see Porter 1998a: 206-208;Enright 1998, 2003). Obviously, this is true for traditional...

Collaboration between different organisational partners is a process critical tothe success of many organisations. It is also frequently a complex process.There are many reasons to collaborate. Often partners have specific objectivesin mind. Partners may collaborate on the design of a car...

<title>Abstract</title> This article presents the Interpretive Clustering Approach to theory building from Research Oriented Action Research data as a means of creating theory to support the reflective practice of public managers. Tenets about the nature of theory suitable for supporting reflective practice...

Partnering is notoriously difficult; success rates as low as 20 per cent are often quoted. So, is success achievable or are the benefits to be gained from partnering just a myth? What does 'success' mean in partnerships, alliances and other collaborative ventures? The answer might not be as...

This article is concerned with attitudes to learning in inter-organizational collaboration. Basic attitudes to learning evident in extant research -"selfish", "sharing" and "sidelined"- are compared with those observed through research-oriented action research. A conceptualization based on a...

We approached the considerable body of literature on learning in collaborative situations in order to explore the possibility of pulling the separate strands into a broad conceptual framework which might offer new insights. The literature focus in the framework was deliberately upon the...