The Constitution of Boundaries: How the Embeddedness of Organizational Users Structures the Transfer of their Knowledge
Private and organizational users are widely treated as equal in the literature on the integration of users in innovation projects. Based on a practice-theoretical perspective, we argue in this paper that this equation is inconsistent and inadequate. While users are conceptualized as competent and em...
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| description | Private and organizational users are widely treated as equal in the literature on the integration of users in innovation projects. Based on a practice-theoretical perspective, we argue in this paper that this equation is inconsistent and inadequate. While users are conceptualized as competent and embedded when it comes to the genesis of their user knowledge, both factors are ignored when their involvement in the innovation process is considered. Drawing on empirical findings on interorganizational knowledge transfer, we show that the social, formal, and material embeddedness of organizational users crucially structures their integration. By elaborating the role of different structural dimensions in detail, we highlight the distinctive features of organizational users. In doing so, we further develop a heuristic that enables a detailed and adequate analysis of their integration.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e76c879a86b470dbfb36c3a29c3e11c2023-12-06T18:27:41ZengUniversidade Federal do ParanaNovation2562-71472021-01-0132021134162http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/nocsi.v0i3.91149The Constitution of Boundaries: How the Embeddedness of Organizational Users Structures the Transfer of their KnowledgePhilip Roth0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6260-2558Nadine Diefenbach1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2471-2996Chair of Sociology of Technology and Organization (STO), Institute of Sociology, RWTH Aachen University, GermanyChair of Sociology of Technology and Organization (STO), Institute of Sociology, RWTH Aachen University, GermanyPrivate and organizational users are widely treated as equal in the literature on the integration of users in innovation projects. Based on a practice-theoretical perspective, we argue in this paper that this equation is inconsistent and inadequate. While users are conceptualized as competent and embedded when it comes to the genesis of their user knowledge, both factors are ignored when their involvement in the innovation process is considered. Drawing on empirical findings on interorganizational knowledge transfer, we show that the social, formal, and material embeddedness of organizational users crucially structures their integration. By elaborating the role of different structural dimensions in detail, we highlight the distinctive features of organizational users. In doing so, we further develop a heuristic that enables a detailed and adequate analysis of their integration. https://revistas.ufpr.br/novation/article/view/91149organizational usersinnovationboundariesknowledge transfersocial contextmateriality |
| spellingShingle | Philip Roth Nadine Diefenbach The Constitution of Boundaries: How the Embeddedness of Organizational Users Structures the Transfer of their Knowledge Novation organizational users innovation boundaries knowledge transfer social context materiality |
| title | The Constitution of Boundaries: How the Embeddedness of Organizational Users Structures the Transfer of their Knowledge |
| title_full | The Constitution of Boundaries: How the Embeddedness of Organizational Users Structures the Transfer of their Knowledge |
| title_fullStr | The Constitution of Boundaries: How the Embeddedness of Organizational Users Structures the Transfer of their Knowledge |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Constitution of Boundaries: How the Embeddedness of Organizational Users Structures the Transfer of their Knowledge |
| title_short | The Constitution of Boundaries: How the Embeddedness of Organizational Users Structures the Transfer of their Knowledge |
| title_sort | constitution of boundaries how the embeddedness of organizational users structures the transfer of their knowledge |
| topic | organizational users innovation boundaries knowledge transfer social context materiality |
| url | https://revistas.ufpr.br/novation/article/view/91149 |
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