The aim of the chapter is to analyse knowledge integration in the creative process of globally distributed teams as they develop new products. Mainstream researches and studies focus on knowledge integration in terms of transference of knowledge; they highlight its relevance with respect to innovation and creativity, and investigate the conditions that assure or inhibit it. The creative process in globally distributed teams is fairly unexplored by academic literature. With only a few exceptions, the literature focuses on virtual teams (i.e., distributed teams where factors such as culture, time zone and language are irrelevant to the development of the activities carried out by team members). The authors concentrate their efforts in looking for how knowledge integration happens in the creative process in globally distributed teams. For this reason, they shall rely on a research method founded on the notions of adequate causation and objective possibility. On this basis, they have compared two empirical cases in order to answer their research question. The authors have thus analysed six global product development projects carried out by globally distributed teams belonging to a Swedish company working with teams in France and Brazil, and to an Italian company working with teams in Tunisia. Data have been gathered through participant observations, semi-structured interviews and document analysis from 2007 to 2009. The contribution is grounded in the analysis of existing literature and in data collected on the field.

Knowledge Integration in the Creative Process of Globally Distributed Teams / R. S., Reis; Curzi, Ylenia. - STAMPA. - (2011), pp. 47-65. [10.4018/978-1-61692-886-5.ch003]

Knowledge Integration in the Creative Process of Globally Distributed Teams

CURZI, Ylenia
2011

Abstract

The aim of the chapter is to analyse knowledge integration in the creative process of globally distributed teams as they develop new products. Mainstream researches and studies focus on knowledge integration in terms of transference of knowledge; they highlight its relevance with respect to innovation and creativity, and investigate the conditions that assure or inhibit it. The creative process in globally distributed teams is fairly unexplored by academic literature. With only a few exceptions, the literature focuses on virtual teams (i.e., distributed teams where factors such as culture, time zone and language are irrelevant to the development of the activities carried out by team members). The authors concentrate their efforts in looking for how knowledge integration happens in the creative process in globally distributed teams. For this reason, they shall rely on a research method founded on the notions of adequate causation and objective possibility. On this basis, they have compared two empirical cases in order to answer their research question. The authors have thus analysed six global product development projects carried out by globally distributed teams belonging to a Swedish company working with teams in France and Brazil, and to an Italian company working with teams in Tunisia. Data have been gathered through participant observations, semi-structured interviews and document analysis from 2007 to 2009. The contribution is grounded in the analysis of existing literature and in data collected on the field.
2011
Knowledge Management in Emerging Economies: Social, Organizational and Cultural Implementation
9781616928865
Information Science Reference
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Knowledge Integration in the Creative Process of Globally Distributed Teams / R. S., Reis; Curzi, Ylenia. - STAMPA. - (2011), pp. 47-65. [10.4018/978-1-61692-886-5.ch003]
R. S., Reis; Curzi, Ylenia
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