2. Closed

3. Hierarchical

4. Do you know where the knowledge to solve your business problem resides? Yes, we know exactly which people/organizations have the required information.

7. Do you want to explore new partnership relationships with clients and others in the community?

8. Open

9. Is marketing and business development an important element in developing your collaboration strategy? Do you want to increase the awareness of your company and its products in the community?

10. Do you want to have control over how the open collaboration process is implemented and managed?

11. Do you have lots of resources (people, funds etc.) to contribute to the management of the collaboration community and processes?

12. Do you want to have control of the intellectual property that is developed as a result of the open collaboration process?

13. Do you want to position your organization as a leader in your space?

14. Do You Want To Collaborate and Build Relationships With Specific Organizations?

15. Do you Want To Position Yourself As A Leader Amongst Your Clients and Partners

16. You Are Willing To Compensate Community Members for Intellectual Property?

17. How important is the development/implementation of a social mission to your overall strategy?

18. Have you considered forming cross-sector alliances; with academic institutions etc.?