The question of how information and communications technologies impact the economic development of businesses has come to the fore in recent years with the emergence of what have been called « platforms for collaborative working » or simply « collaborative platforms. » This technological development has given birth to new conceptions about how economic organisations function. In real-life situations, however, the adoption of these new and innovative work mechanisms must complement and be integrated with existing stategies among actors within the organisation. The following article presents a study of one project whose aim was the creation of a collaborative work platform in the fruit and vegetable sector of the food industry. The study presents response elements to various factors which determined the emergence of collaborative platform projects, as well as responses to the strategic choices made by the actors involved in the project in building these platforms.