Towards an Inter-organizational Collaboration Network Characterization

2016 ◽  
pp. 233-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kahina Semar-Bitah ◽  
Kamel Boukhalfa
Keyword(s):  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Network Characterization ◽  
Organizational Collaboration

scholarly journals The role of farmers and organizational networks in climate information communication: the case of Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chidiebere Ofoegbu ◽  
Mark New
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
National Level ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Climate Information ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Climate Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Organizational Collaboration

Purpose The nature of the collaborations that exists among the organizations in the climate change and agriculture sectors can influence the tailoring of climate forecasts into information useable for adapting agricultural practices to the risks posed by climate change. Also, the extent to which farmers are integrated into this organizational collaboration network can influence their access to climate information. This paper aims to examine how organizational collaborations in the process of climate information generation and dissemination acts as either barriers or enablers of farmers’ access to and use of climate information in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach This study used key informant interview and questionnaire survey to interview the organizations in the climate change and agriculture sectors. Using network analysis as an analytical framework, the authors estimated the networks’ core-periphery, density, reciprocity and degree centrality. Findings The authors observed that communication of climate information to farmers is mostly influenced by the collaborations between governmental organizations and nongovernmental organizations. Nevertheless, information flow and exchange through organizational collaboration network is having limited effect on improving farmers’ knowledge about climate risks, impacts and available risk response options. This is mostly because the feedback flow of information from farmers to national level organizations has not been effective in addressing localized climate/agro challenges. Originality/value This paper provides a critical overview of key issues in influencing the relevancy and usefulness of climate information in the Ghanaian agriculture sector. Insights gained and recommendations made are essential for deploying effective climate services in Ghana and can be relevant for many African countries because of similar socioeconomic contexts.

Discussion and Research Innovation and Management Enlightenment

2015 ◽  
pp. 240-260
Keyword(s):  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Electrical Industry ◽  
Organizational Collaboration ◽  
High Level

This section would conclude the main finding, management enlightenment, theoretical and practical contributions of the study and limitation of this research. This research developed and tested a model of collaboration and provides profound analysis of the inter-organizational collaboration and its influencing factors from trust, organizational capacities and e-business diffusion. This research pointed out that trust facilitates collaboration and results in a high business performance, e-business diffusion has no significant effect on the output of collaboration and it should be accompanied with a high level of organizational capacities. Enhanced collaboration network or e-collaboration network is a valuable perspective for electrical industry and also for other globalized industries.

Simulating inter-organizational collaboration network: a multi-relational and event-based approach

SIMULATION ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 617-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kang Zhao ◽  
John Yen ◽  
Louis-Marie Ngamassi ◽  
Carleen Maitland ◽  
Andrea H Tapia
Keyword(s):  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Organizational Collaboration ◽  
Event Based

Health Informatics Education in the Third World

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (04) ◽  
pp. 270-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Rienhoff
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Third World ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Educational Tools ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World

Abstract:The state of the art is summarized showing many efforts but only few results which can serve as demonstration examples for developing countries. Education in health informatics in developing countries is still mainly dealing with the type of health informatics known from the industrialized world. Educational tools or curricula geared to the matter of development are rarely to be found. Some WHO activities suggest that it is time for a collaboration network to derive tools and curricula within the next decade.

Achieving Collaborative Aims through Multiple Identity Construction: Managing a public inter-organizational collaboration

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Isidora Kourti
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Collaborative Process ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Multiple Identity ◽  
Organizational Collaboration

Although public inter-organizational collaborations can offer better public services, their management is a complex endeavour and they often fail. This paper explores identity construction as a key aspect that assists in managing successfully these collaborations. The study draws upon a longitudinal ethnographic study with a Greek public inter-organizational collaboration. The research illustrates that managers should encourage partners to construct collaborative and non-collaborative identities in order to achieve the collaboration aims. It also suggests that managers should seek both stability and change in the collaborative process and offers four collaborative patterns for the effective management of public inter-organizational collaborations.

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