Abstract Open innovation R&D projects involve teams from different organizations, which may affect the team’s ability to communicate since people are from different locations and companies, which may have different priorities, procedures, goals, and expectations. To succeed in the project, the team needs coordination mechanisms that facilitate teamwork. However, in the open innovation R&D projects, the coordination approach that fosters project performance is not evident. Using structural equation modeling analysis (PLS-SEM) with a sample of 50 open innovation R&D projects, we assessed the relationship with the project performance of two coordination approaches (organic or mechanistic) focusing on the communication strategies used. We find evidence that both organic and mechanistic approaches are positively associated with performance, which means that each approach has its role in fostering the project's performance. Consequently, such projects benefit both from open, continuous, and informal communication flow and from a more formal procedure of sharing information through a clear definition of project objectives, evolution, and challenges. This research extends prior research on coordinating teamwork for an open innovation setting.

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促进开放创新研发项目绩效的协调方法

摘要 开放式创新研发项目涉及来自不同组织的团队，由于人员来自不同的地点和公司，可能有不同的优先级、程序、目标和期望，这可能会影响团队的沟通能力。为了在项目中取得成功，团队需要促进团队合作的协调机制。然而，在开放式创新研发项目中，促进项目绩效的协调方式并不明显。使用结构方程模型分析 (PLS-SEM) 和 50 个开放式创新研发项目的样本，我们评估了两种协调方法（有机或机械）与项目绩效的关系，重点是所使用的沟通策略。我们发现有证据表明有机和机械方法都与性能正相关，这意味着每种方法在促进项目绩效方面都有其作用。因此，此类项目既受益于开放、持续和非正式的沟通流程，也受益于通过明确定义项目目标、演变和挑战来共享信息的更正式程序。这项研究扩展了先前关于在开放式创新环境中协调团队合作的研究。