Purpose – This paper aims to develop the understanding of how organizations can derive more value from participating in inter‐organizational learning collaborations. Design/methodology/approach – The collaboration is viewed as one “level” within an extended organizational learning...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss how communication and cooperation in inter‐organizational networks may bring about organizational learning. A case study of 13 inter‐organizational school networks in Germany is carried out for this purpose. Design/methodology/approach –...