Authors: Blomqvist K; Levy J
In the knowledge-based competition sustainable competitive advantage is not possible withoutcontinuous innovation. Innovations, by nature, emerge in network interaction where diverse actorsshare complementary knowledge. Collaboration capability is seen as a fundamental issue for actorsto leverage complementary knowledge.The concept of collaboration capability concept is first analysed based on a state-of-the-art reviewon earlier conceptual and empirical research on network collaboration. As a result of our analysiswe propose that collaboration capability integrates the key elements in many closely related, butsemantically diverse conceptualisations. As a concept it underlines the relational perspective andenables knowledge creation in a risky and uncertain environment. Collaboration capability can bedefined as ?actor’s capability to build and manage network relationships based on mutual trust,communication and commitment?. It is proposed that collaboration capability may be anintegrating, and cross-level concept explaining much of the knowledge creation and innovation innetworks.
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