TOWARDS A CULTURE OF SHARING AND EXCHANGE: INVESTING IN THE INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL FOR THE LEVERAGING OF COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS

摘要

An important challenge in establishing lasting changes of culture and values in an organisation involves ensuring that organized learning processes are anchored within the organisation. Our experience from several projects shows that good intentions are not sufficient for ensuring the operation of a CN. Many of the existing patterns reflect an earlier situation when research was not as strictly monitored for its short-term results and its financial (contributions to) outcomes. The central point of the paper is that collaborative networks (CN) do not need to 'live with' and experience all the deficiencies faced in regard to the introduction of virtual forms of organisation in the corporate world, as these have been introduced in several national or application contexts in Europe.