Purpose – This paper aims to develop the understanding of how organizations can derive more value from participating in inter‐organizational learning collaborations. Design/methodology/approach – The collaboration is viewed as one “level” within an extended organizational learning...

Purpose – Canada's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI) uses an operating model that is unusual in government. It is created to enable cross‐boundary capability and capacity building and learning. Some consider it a model for other federal...

Purpose – Organizations as complex networks aim to survive. The purpose of this paper is to provide an alternative perspective to current organizational challenges by considering team learning as key factor for surviving this turbulent environment. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss how communication and cooperation in inter‐organizational networks may bring about organizational learning. A case study of 13 inter‐organizational school networks in Germany is carried out for this purpose. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the key roles embedded in the informal organizational structure (informal networks) and to outline their contribution in the companies' performance. A major objective of the research is to find and characterize a new key informal role that...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the emergent nature of leadership in a university‐based learning network of mature‐aged practitioner‐scholars. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on previously published work, interviews, and current research. Findings –...