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In bed with a stranger : finding partners for collaboration in the European information technology programme

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  • Rebecca Marschan-Piekkari

    (University of Bath [Bath])

  • Stuart Macdonald

    (University of Sheffield [Sheffield])

  • Dimitris Assimakopoulos

    (HUBS - Hull University Business School - University of Hull [United Kingdom])

Abstract

This paper examines collaboration in Esprit (the European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technologies). Collaboration has long been a requirement for participation in the Programme. Our empirical data show that some collaborations are formed by including 'instant' partners, veritable strangers discovered on a notice-board. Such findings question the role of trust and mutual understanding among collaborators. We argue that, in the desperate search for appropriate partners, the requirement that collaboration facilitate innovation gives way to the requirement that collaboration serve political and pragmatic purposes.

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  • Rebecca Marschan-Piekkari & Stuart Macdonald & Dimitris Assimakopoulos, 2001. "In bed with a stranger : finding partners for collaboration in the European information technology programme," Post-Print hal-02313395, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02313395
    DOI: 10.3152/147154301781781624
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