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- Agogué, Marine, et al.
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A contingency approach of open innovation intermediaries - the management principles of the "intermediary of the unknown"
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Ingår i: 13th EURAM conference, Istanbul, June 26-29.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research has improved our understanding of the managerial challenges inherent in exploratory intermediation. For instance knowledge brokers help to solve well-defined problems based on existing competences. But what if the relevant actor networks are not known, if there is no clear common interest, or if there are only ill-defined, wicked problems and no legitimate common place where they can be discussed? The aim of this paper is to explore these management principles for intermediation of the unknown. Can intermediaries be active when the degree of unknown is high? And if so, what can they do and how can they manage and drive collective innovation? We first build on a review of the literature to highlight common core functions of the different types of intermediaries. Then, we introduce the “degree of unknown” as a new dimension for analyzing the role of intermediaries, and we discuss whether the core functions of the intermediary could be fulfilled when the degree of unknown is very high. Our analysis is based on four different empirical case studies in Sweden, France, and Germany where these functions have been tackled in particular because of the low level of pre-existing knowledge. We describe the managerial challenges these intermediaries face in the unknown and we demonstrate examples of how they have been handled. We conclude by discussing the theoretical and empirical perspectives raised by this work. The paper contributes to the theory of innovation intermediaries by exploring the properties of a form of intermediary for which the degree of unknown is a key contingency variable, and describes management principles for such intermediaries. In this way we characterize a new role –the “intermediary of the unknown” – that may be well spread in practice but scarcely analysed in the literature.
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- Agogué, Marine, et al.
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Rethinking the role of intermediaries as an architect of collective exploration and creation of knowledge in open innovation
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Ingår i: International Journal of Innovation Management. - 1363-9196. ; 17:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper questions the applicability of traditional notions of intermediary activities, which are usually categorized as either brokering or networking, in cases of high uncertainty regarding technologies, markets or which actors to involve. In the case of collaborative open innovation, especially in circumstances when no single organization is able to take on the challenge alone, the activities traditionally associated with intermediation do not suffice to describe what an intermediary can do to support innovation. This paper presents two cases of intermediaries working with the early phases of traffic safety innovations, and how they have managed to develop their activities beyond solely brokering and networking, but also to take an active role in the process of joint exploration and creation of knowledge. We use a qualitative approach to analyze the two cases in order to provide examples of how rethinking intermediation activities can support open innovation in a collaborative setting. The findings suggest that intermediaries can take on a more active role, which could be described as an architect which designs prerequisites and offers leadership in the process of joint exploration and creation of knowledge.
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- Fredberg, Tobias, 1974, et al.
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Role Confusion in Open Innovation Intermediary Arenas
- 2011
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Ingår i: New Forms of Collaborative Innovation and Production on the Internet, eds. Wittke, V. & Hanekop, H.. - 9783863950200
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Intermediaries have become an increasingly important part of innovation collaborationarrangements such as open innovation. Much attention has been given tostructural arrangements for open innovation, but less interest has been given tohow people experience the participation in open innovation work. This chapter isbased on a longitudinal case study of SAFER, an open innovation intermediaryarena for research on traffic and vehicle safety. It investigates how participants inthis arena experience their situation as they spend time on things typically "outside"their tasks in their home organizations. The study provides insight into thetensions and confusion that the participants experience in their work, as they constantlyneed to renegotiate their positions both within their home organizations,and in the relation to the intermediary arena and the other organizations.
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- Giannopoulou, Eleni, et al.
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Turning Open Innovation into Practice: Open Innovation Research through the Lens of Managers
- 2011
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Ingår i: International Journal of Innovation Management. - 1363-9196. ; 15:3, s. 505-524
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite the fact that Open Innovation (OI) has rapidly become one of the hottest topics in innovation management, comprehensive reviews of the state of the research field and its managerial implications are scarce. This could be one of the reasons why OI still represents a big challenge for innovation managers. This paper, based on a literature review covering the period from 2003 up until June 2009, identifies managerial implications of OI under four major categories: namely organizing for openness, co-creating value, leadership for diversity and intellectual property (IP) management. The contribution of this paper is both practical and theoretical. On the one hand, innovation managers can find useful suggestions for dealing with the challenge of openness in their organization. On the other hand, gaps and omissions in the practical aspects of OI management are identified in order to guide further research on the field. © 2011 Imperial College Press.
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