Value-independent third-party orchestrators as catalysts of business collaboration

Pinnington, bruce, Lyons, A and Meehan, Joanne ORCID: 0000-0001-6730-9350 (2020) Value-independent third-party orchestrators as catalysts of business collaboration. Journal of Management Inquiry.

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Abstract

Collaboration is recognised by policy makers as a key element in innovation-led economic growth. Collaborative relationships form organically, but also can be actively facilitated. Studies of business collaboration facilitation typically concentrate on value-appropriating commercial organisations, acting as hub orchestrators or knowledgebrokers. Little attention has been paid to potentially more trustable and effective value-independent facilitators. The attributes and activities of these organisations were empirically investigated using grounded theory and situational analysis. Value-independent, third-party orchestrators (i3POs) are demarcated from related concepts, and are found to vary considerably in capability and motivation as collaboration orchestrators. A reappraisal of these organisations’ drivers, from the perspective of collective action theory, suggests how more i3POs may be encouraged to follow the practices of leading examples, with positive economic outcomes. Membership-based i3POs, such as trade associations, have longer-term potential as collaboration orchestrators than transient business-growth programmes but are under-exploited in this regard

Item Type:	Article
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	20 Aug 2020 09:11
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 23:36
DOI:	10.1177/1056492620959455
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3098036