Socialized Exchange and Microfoundations of a Dynamic Capability for Experimentation – Insights from a Case Study
This paper adresses the micro-foundations of a dynamic capability for experimentation implemented during collaborative innovation projects. We suggest a three-level conceptual framework. Inter-organizational exchanges following a gift/counter-gift logic allow the development of a social tie between individuals. Then, this social tie sustains the creation and the implementation of the dynamic capability for experimentation. Based on a case study in the field of ICT, our findings indicate that knowledged exchanges nurture gift cycles that act as the micro-foundations of the dynamic capability, this latter encouraging in turn the exchanges.