Strategic Commoning, Amalgamating the Right People at the Right Place and Time

Abstract

Collective actions in support of sustainable development are gaining momentum. Rooted in place-bound contexts, constituents from various societal realms craft collaborative solutions for wicked problems associated with sustainable development. They invest multiple means and resources and share the revenues of their collective efforts. Learning by doing, they craft organizational constructs to create and capture multiple, shared, and collective values. By aiming for long-term impact, these collective actions become strategic. Integrating strategic management and collective action theories, this study explores the nature and scope of such stragegic endeavors. The study introduces the concept op Strategic Commoning: collaborative strategy development for collective actions that address wicked problems related to sustainable development. The study finds that various organizational constructs emerge for 'entrepreneuring' in collective actions. Taking their place-bound, multiple value creating, and collaborative foundations as a common denominator, this dissertation brings a strategic perspective to place-based collective actions.