Team collaboration capabilities as a factor in startup success

Anna Karina Lopez Hernandez; Anabel Fernandez-Mesa; Monica Edwards-Schachter

doi:10.4067/S0718-27242018000400013

Authors

Anna Karina Lopez Hernandez INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, E-46022 Valencia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3990-7764
Anabel Fernandez-Mesa Departamento de Dirección de Empresas “Juan José Renau Piqueras”, Facultad de Economia, Universitat de València. Avda. de los Naranjos s/n; 46022, Valencia
Monica Edwards-Schachter INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, E-46022 Valencia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242018000400013

Keywords:

Technology-based startups, technology-based startup team, team collaboration capabilities, Dynamic Capabilities, Collaboration, capability building

Abstract

This paper discusses the role of team collaboration as a building block for cultivating capabilities in technology-based startups. This conceptual framework draws on a literature review of innovation and entrepreneurship research to understand the intra-organization collaboration mechanisms among team members in technology-based startups. Introducing the concept of team collaboration capabilities represents a new approach to understanding the interaction conditions that give rise to new capabilities from a venture team as its organizational base. Rapid new capability building represents a competitive advantage in environments characterized by innovative technological change, known as dynamic capabilities.

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