Learning and Innovation in Hybrid Organizations ― Strategic and Organizational Insights

Reflecting the emergence of new organizational forms and hybrid organizations, this edited collection explores the processes of exchange, collaboration and technological management that have changed organizational structures. By investigating the impact that inter-organizational collaboration can have on the production and implementation of ideas within new firms, this study contributes to the growing field of innovation and responds to the need for a greater understanding of renewed processes. The authors argue that collaborations need to go beyond existing practices to create emerging paths such as bricolage, experimentation, effectuation and learning. Drawing together a diverse body of literature on the internal dynamics that drive organizational change, Learning and Innovation in Hybrid Organizations presents multiple perspectives on combining organizational flexibility with learning and innovation, and provides implications for future practice.

Paolo Boccardelli is Professor at LUISS Guido Carli University and Dean of LUISS Business School. He is a member of the Lars Magnus Ericsson Foundation Scientific Committee and the Management Development Network (EFMD) Women in Business Schools research group.

Maria Carmela Annosi is Assistant Professor at the Management Studies Group of the School of Social Sciences at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. She has been a Visiting Scholar at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands and a Fellow in Management at LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy.

Federica Brunetta is Assistant Professor at the Department of Business and Management, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy. Having been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, USA, her research interests include strategy and management of innovation.

Mats Magnusson is Professor of Product Innovation Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and Permanent Visiting Professor at LUISS Business School, Italy. His research and teaching activities cover a range of topics in the fields of product development, R&D management, and innovation management.