Rethinking the Role of Intermediaries as an Architect of Collective Exploration and Creation of Knowledge in Open Innovation

Agogué, Marine; Yström, Anna; Masson, Pascal Le

doi:10.1142/s1363919613500072

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“…Natalicchio, Petruzzelli and Garavelli (2014) stated that the use of intermediaries is consistent with the increasing tendency to decompose the whole innovation process into distinct phases. Agogué, Yström and Le Masson (2013) say that beyond brokering and networking, intermediaries may also take an active role in joint exploration and creation of knowledge.…”

Section: Ttos As Intermediaries Of Collaborative Randd Projects: a Revimentioning

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Mind the Gap: Lessons from the UK to Brazil about the Roles of TTOs throughout Collaborative R&D Projects

Thomas

Vieira

Balestrin

2017

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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The literature about collaboration for innovation has reported fundamental activities performed by intermediaries. In this paper, universities' technology transfer offices (TTOs) are placed as intermediaries between academic research and the industry. Our study focuses on collaborative research and development (R&D) projects between universities and industry in order to understand the roles of TTOs throughout the whole duration of the project. The main aim of this paper is to identify the roles of TTOs throughout collaborative R&D projects and suggest some lessons for Brazilian TTOs based on the experience of the United Kingdom. Through qualitative case studies in the United Kingdom and Brazil, the analyses show that both TTOs performed critical activities for collaborative R&D projects. Similar activities at both TTOs were the management of partnerships in terms of negotiating contracts and the protection and licensing of intellectual property. Findings also show that the search for partners in the beginning of the project, the pacifier role of the TTO to help mutual understanding, and the active commercialisation of academic research to external partners happened only in the UK case, which may generate implications for TTOs in Brazil.

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Section: Ttos As Intermediaries Of Collaborative Randd Projects: a Revimentioning

confidence: 99%

Mind the Gap: Lessons from the UK to Brazil about the Roles of TTOs throughout Collaborative R&D Projects

Thomas

Vieira

Balestrin

2017

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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“…Innovation intermediaries are actors who facilitate, configure, and broker opportunities and spaces for the creation and appropriation of products or services [21]. These three roles are the context for the analysis of the role of intermediaries in this study.…”

Section: Open Innovation Intermediaries and Entrepreneurial Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Intermediaries are important in highly unpredictable environments, as they may reduce uncertainty and asymmetry between industry actors [21], [23]. Thus an intermediary can assist in the successful implementation of open innovation by a firm in the ecosystem through minimising the level of risk that can be incurred during the process of obtaining, integrating, and commercialising external innovations between the firm and the collaborators in the ecosystem [24].…”

Section: Open Innovation Intermediaries and Entrepreneurial Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Open Innovation Intermediaries in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Design

Ngongoni

Grobbelaar

Schutte

2017

SAJIE

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Unemployment levels in South Africa have reached astronomical levels. This has spurred the government to fund entrepreneurship initiatives such as the Enterprise and Supplier Development programmes. Thus it is vital to enable and create entrepreneurial ecosystems that attract, cultivate, and sustain entrepreneurs. This paper explores how entrepreneurial firms use external actors for value creation in an entrepreneurial ecosystem through intermediaries. The focus is on how an intermediary organisation can facilitate value co-creation. The authors present the results and findings from a case study of the Oslo Cancer Cluster incubator in Norway, and relate these findings to ecosystems management and design. OPSOMMINGWerkloosheidsvlakke in Suid-Afrika het astronomies verhoog. Dit het die regering aangespoor om entrepreneurskap inisiatiewe soos onderneming en verskaffer ontwikkelingsprogramme te finansier. Daarom is dit van kardinale belang om entrepreneurskap ekosisteme te skep wat entrepreneurs lok, kweek en ondersteun. Hierdie artikel ondersoek hoe entrepreneuriese maatskappye eksterne akteurs deur middel van tussengangers vir waardeskepping gebruik in 'n entrepreneuriese ekosisteem. Die fokus van die artikel is op hoe 'n tussenganger organisasie waarde mede-skepping kan fasiliteer. Die skrywers beskryf huidige resultate en bevindinge van 'n gevallestudie van die Oslo Kanker Samewerkingsgroep broeikas in Noorweë, en lei hieruit bevindinge vir ekosisteem bestuur en ontwerp af.

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“…If the collaboration is in place, the intermediary can provide other functions with the goal of diffusing knowledge among partners of the network (Agogué et al, 2013). The following are brokering functions (Howells, 2006):…”

Section: Intermediation In the Initiation Period Of Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The function of intermediaries in collaborative innovation processes: retrofitting a Danish small island ferry with green technology

Kerndrup

Mosgaard

Hermann

2016

IJISD

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Intermediaries are actors who perform several functions during innovation processes such as brokering and networking. In this article, the aim is to analyse how intermediaries support collaborative innovation processes taking place in green maritime technology projects. In particular, retrofit projects related to cleaner technologies and small vessels are an understudied subject. The case study of a Danish small island ferry retrofit shows that intermediaries are important to stage the collaboration between actors. They can provide functions to the incipient network as foresight, brokering, increasing network connectivity, and scanning of information. However, intermediaries can also have a proactive role in shaping the emerging innovation pathways. In this case study, intermediaries negotiate each partner's role and define the goals of the project. The results contribute to the broader eco-innovation literature by analysing intermediation in innovation in a process perspective.

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Rethinking the Role of Intermediaries as an Architect of Collective Exploration and Creation of Knowledge in Open Innovation

Cited by 109 publications

References 39 publications

Mind the Gap: Lessons from the UK to Brazil about the Roles of TTOs throughout Collaborative R&D Projects

Mind the Gap: Lessons from the UK to Brazil about the Roles of TTOs throughout Collaborative R&D Projects

The Role of Open Innovation Intermediaries in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Design

The function of intermediaries in collaborative innovation processes: retrofitting a Danish small island ferry with green technology

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