The organisation of innovation: collaboration, cooperation and multifunctional groups in UK and German manufacturing
基于英德两国制造业工厂的大规模比较调查，研究制度和社会背景差异如何影响工厂在创新活动中采用跨工厂协作、合作和多功能团队的程度及原因。
Marked differences exist between the institutional and social context for innovation in the UK and Germany. The question addressed here is how these different contexts impact on the objectives and organisation of innovation in UK and German manufacturing. In particular, we examine the extent to which UK and German plants engage in inter-plant collaboration and co-operation and multifunctional working as part of their innovative activity, and explore the reasons for differences in these patterns of involvement. The investigation is based on a large-scale, comparative survey of manufacturing plants in the two countries