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Collaboration rules.

Philip Evans1, Bob Wolf

  • 1Boston Consulting Group, USA. evans.philip@bcg.com

Harvard Business Review
|July 21, 2005
PubMed
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Corporate leaders can boost growth by adopting principles from the Linux open-source community. These principles blend market efficiency with hierarchical structure, fostering collaboration and innovation in conventional companies.

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Area of Science:

  • Management Science
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Software Engineering

Background:

  • Corporate leaders seek enhanced growth, learning, and innovation.
  • The Linux open-source software community demonstrates remarkable collaboration and efficiency.
  • Mainstream business models often differ significantly from open-source development environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore parallels between the Linux open-source community and traditional corporate structures.
  • To identify transferable principles for improving organizational performance.
  • To demonstrate how open-source methodologies can benefit conventional companies.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of organizational structures and operational rules.
  • Identification of shared principles between Linux development and Toyota's engineering practices.

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  • Examination of communication, collaboration, and leadership strategies.

    • Main Results:

    • Both Linux and Toyota utilize rules blending market self-organization with hierarchical efficiency.
    • Key elements include disciplined collaboration, granular communication, and leadership by example.
    • These factors foster common knowledge, modular organization, motivation, and trust, lowering transaction costs.

    Conclusions:

    • The Linux model offers valuable insights for conventional companies seeking higher performance.
    • Adopting principles of shared knowledge, modularity, and trust can increase organizational pace and flexibility.
    • Successful implementation can create a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement and innovation.