Mobilizing diverse actors in organizing collaboration: cases from the energy transition
van de Sande,Luc van der Valk,Wendy
van de Sande,Luc
van der Valk,Wendy
Abstract
Addressing societal challenges often requires collaboration across organizational boundaries. Yet, when no clear orchestrator is present and incentives to collaborate are low, initiating such collaboration can be difficult. This study investigates how actors mobilize towards inter-organizational collaboration in dispersed and uncertain contexts. Using a comparative case study of five Dutch business parks facing electricity grid congestion, we identify three practices—preliminary structuring, changing coordination activities, and cultivating a group of the willing—that foster early collaboration. Our findings contribute to the literature on network orchestration by highlighting how consensus-based approaches can enable collaboration in the absence of formal leadership or urgency.
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2025-06
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Research Projects
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inter-organisational networks, orchestration, mobilisation
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van de Sande, L & van der Valk, W 2025, 'Mobilizing diverse actors in organizing collaboration: cases from the energy transition', Paper presented at Operations Management opening to multi-disciplinarity in a time of grand challenges, Milan, Italy, 15/06/25 - 18/06/25.
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