02151nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245009300055210006900148260004200217300001000259490000600269520145900275653001801734653003301752653002901785653001401814653001901828100002601847700002301873856003701896       2017                        eng d  a1927-032100aCollaborative Capability in Coworking Spaces: Convenience Sharing or Community Building?0 aCollaborative Capability in Coworking Spaces Convenience Sharing  aOttawabTalent First Networkc12/2017  a32-420 v73 aThis study explores the development of collaborative capability in coworking spaces. It is based on the perception of collaboration among 31 coworking founders, community managers, and coworkers of those spaces. In-depth interviews around the meaning of collaboration and its challenges were conducted in 14 coworking spaces located in six Asian countries. A set of factors was identified and a model was proposed based on a set of four dimensions: enabling knowledge sharing, enhancing a creative field, enhancing an individual action for the collective, and supporting a collective action to an effective execution. The “Convenience Sharing” and “Community Building” coworking types based on Capdevila (2014) suggest different conditions under which collaborative capability develops. Convenience Sharing coworking spaces tend to foster collaborative capability through knowledge sharing and effective execution, whereas Community Building coworking spaces tend to foster collaborative capability by enhancing a creative field and individual action for the collective. Overall, this study contributes to a theoretical model for coworking spaces to help coworking founders and community managers make strategic decisions. The findings suggest that collaborative capability in coworking spaces depends on the interlacing of a set of factors along four dimensions that relate in varying degrees of intensity to a two-fold coworking space typology.10acollaboration10acollaborative knowledge work10acollaborative workspaces10acoworking10ainnovativeness1 aCastilho, Marcelo, F.1 aQuandt, Carlos, O.  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/1126