What Causes Value to Be Created When It Did Not Exist Before? A Research Model for Value Creation

The use of collaborative technologies to support shared efforts give rise to environments ripe with potential for value creation. Organizational practice is amass with tools and techniques for value creation. However, this phenomenon remains illusive at best. Within the collaborative context lies the key to creating value from intellectual assets. This paper uncovers specific testable constructs that appear to directly influence value creation and concludes with a model through which the engines of value creation may be put into motion. It provides insight into key aspects of social intellectual infrastructure that may be fine-tuned to support value creation efforts.