Transition between temporary organizations: Dimensions enabling economies of recombination

Economies of recombination (ER) are seen as a way for firms to capitalize on previous knowledge creation, but the process that enables them to be accessed by firms is not clear in the literature. To date, temporary organization (TO) theory has focused on the process through the ‘transition’ concept via two units of analysis: within the project, and from a TO to a permanent organization (PO). Based on 67 interviews with inter-organizational...