Table 2.

Definition of codes

Code(s)Definition(s)
Learning through experimentationThe learning mechanisms, accomplished by organizations, consist of trying out new ideas, methods or activities and implementing them within the business process
Trusting relationshipsOne organization’s expectation that another organization will not take advantage of the trusting organization’s vulnerabilities
Knowledge transferThe movement of knowledge between larger entities within organizations, such as between departments or divisions, and between organizations themselves
Result-oriented approachA culture that emphasizes outcomes rather than inputs or processes
Strategic resources complementarityA unique and symmetric strategic combination of firm roles, goals, readiness for the implementation and use of resources across partnering firms and the extended supply chain
Technical competenceInternal and external promotion and development of innovation-related technical skills – complementary to each other – that are used to enhance the realization of either product or service innovations
Conflict/relationship managementEither formal or informal processes by the means of which two or more parties find a peaceful solution to their misalignments or set rules to handle their relationship over time
Sharing of responsibilitiesThe process through which peers squeeze out the problems they face by distributing duties and sharing possible solutions
Knowledge complementaritiesThe characteristic of the knowledge that may determine its value as a tradable commodity. It is the effect resulting from combining two distinct bodies of knowledge whose agglomeration is super-additive – i.e., the combined knowledge set has more embedded knowledge than the simple additive values of the parts
Incentives managementThe use of internal promotion systems that focus on employee merit and other forms of incentives intended to align the interests of employees with those of shareholders
Key performance indicatorsIndicators used by management to measure, report and improve performance against the predetermined strategic objectives
Adaptive problem-solvingThe ability to generate ways to develop better solutions for immediate high efficiency
Temporal dynamismThe degree to which organizational emphasis is placed before, during, and after a process occurs
Innovation strategyClearly define innovation-related strategic positioning (e.g., objectives in terms of radical/incremental and product/process innovation), which may vitally determine the success, or the failure, of a project or even of the firm itself
Objectives’ alignmentThe crucial integration – between business plan and sustainable strategies – needed to delineate the strategic goals to be achieved in the medium and long-term

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