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Table I

Summary of thematic coding

Activity	Purpose	Outcome
Induction: First order themes	Open coding of all data to identify themes associated with boundary conditions and types of knowledge across two locations	Locations: Beijing/Suzhou Emerging themes include Knowledge boundaries, knowledge transfer, sharing of knowledge, collaborative projects, creativity, innovation, novelty, different types of knowledge, learning, practices, knowledge replacement, assessing knowledge, consequences, connections of knowledge Context, shared value, understanding, trust, relationship, common interests, multiple interactions, cross-functional interactions, team interactions, face-to-face communication, reduce uncertainty, local, embedded Innovative project, creative activity, forward looking, risk taking, proactiveness, aggressiveness
Induction: Second order themes	Identification of second order themes describing the characteristics of boundary conditions and impacting factors on knowledge across boundaries	Knowledge boundary: novelty (low – high), differences in types of knowledge (low – high), dependence in knowledge (low – high) Knowledge transfer: representing – learning – transforming Local knowledge, embedded, community practice, context, cultural context Contextual factors: localized, shared value, trust, mutual understanding, multiple interactions Organizational factors: active and forward thinking, risk taking, entrepreneurial spirit, rich dialogs
Abduction: Third order themes	Comparison of second order themes to theoretical constructs	Boundary conditions – pragmatic boundary – high novelty Knowledge transfer – information processing/knowledge translation/knowledge transformation Localized, embedded, shared value and context, differences in knowledge, dependence Entrepreneurial orientation and spirit – novelty at the pragmatic boundaries Information-rich media, multiple interactions – knowledge transformation at pragmatic boundaries

Activity	Purpose	Outcome
Induction:First order themes	Open coding of all data to identify themes associated with boundary conditions and types of knowledge across two locations	Locations: Beijing/SuzhouEmerging themes include Knowledge boundaries, knowledge transfer, sharing of knowledge, collaborative projects, creativity, innovation, novelty, different types of knowledge, learning, practices, knowledge replacement, assessing knowledge, consequences, connections of knowledge Context, shared value, understanding, trust, relationship, common interests, multiple interactions, cross-functional interactions, team interactions, face-to-face communication, reduce uncertainty, local, embedded Innovative project, creative activity, forward looking, risk taking, proactiveness, aggressiveness
Induction:Second order themes	Identification of second order themes describing the characteristics of boundary conditions and impacting factors on knowledge across boundaries	Knowledge boundary: novelty (low – high), differences in types of knowledge (low – high), dependence in knowledge (low – high)Knowledge transfer: representing – learning – transformingLocal knowledge, embedded, community practice, context, cultural contextContextual factors: localized, shared value, trust, mutual understanding, multiple interactionsOrganizational factors: active and forward thinking, risk taking, entrepreneurial spirit, rich dialogs
Abduction:Third order themes	Comparison of second order themes to theoretical constructs	Boundary conditions – pragmatic boundary – high noveltyKnowledge transfer – information processing/knowledge translation/knowledge transformationLocalized, embedded, shared value and context, differences in knowledge, dependenceEntrepreneurial orientation and spirit – novelty at the pragmatic boundariesInformation-rich media, multiple interactions – knowledge transformation at pragmatic boundaries