Managing research and innovation networks: Evidence from a government sponsored cross-industry program
Important innovations are increasingly produced based on research engagement and fertilization across industries. However, we know little about the challenges associated with managing innovation networks in specific contexts that involves researchers in cross-industry collaboration. Against this bac...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:eee:respol:v:43:y:2014:i:1:p:156-168 2024-04-14T08:16:40+00:00 Managing research and innovation networks: Evidence from a government sponsored cross-industry program Levén, Per Holmström, Jonny Mathiassen, Lars http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733313001443 unknown http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733313001443 article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:32:25Z Important innovations are increasingly produced based on research engagement and fertilization across industries. However, we know little about the challenges associated with managing innovation networks in specific contexts that involves researchers in cross-industry collaboration. Against this backdrop, we draw on theory on design and orchestration of innovation networks to analyze a large-scale government sponsored program, “ProcessIT Innovations” that was designed to increase competitiveness and accelerate economic growth in Northern Sweden. The program was initiated and led by firms from the traditionally strong local process industry and engaged local researchers and firms from the emerging IT industry. Based on our analyses, we offer two contributions. First, we provide a detailed analysis of the challenges related to configuration of the network, orchestration of partnerships between participants, and facilitation of innovation in dedicated development projects. Second, we propose a model of managing research and innovation networks through fertilization across industries and between firms and research institutions. Research and innovation; Network design and orchestration; Process and IT industry; Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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Important innovations are increasingly produced based on research engagement and fertilization across industries. However, we know little about the challenges associated with managing innovation networks in specific contexts that involves researchers in cross-industry collaboration. Against this backdrop, we draw on theory on design and orchestration of innovation networks to analyze a large-scale government sponsored program, “ProcessIT Innovations” that was designed to increase competitiveness and accelerate economic growth in Northern Sweden. The program was initiated and led by firms from the traditionally strong local process industry and engaged local researchers and firms from the emerging IT industry. Based on our analyses, we offer two contributions. First, we provide a detailed analysis of the challenges related to configuration of the network, orchestration of partnerships between participants, and facilitation of innovation in dedicated development projects. Second, we propose a model of managing research and innovation networks through fertilization across industries and between firms and research institutions. Research and innovation; Network design and orchestration; Process and IT industry; |
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Levén, Per Holmström, Jonny Mathiassen, Lars |
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Levén, Per Holmström, Jonny Mathiassen, Lars Managing research and innovation networks: Evidence from a government sponsored cross-industry program |
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Levén, Per Holmström, Jonny Mathiassen, Lars |
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Managing research and innovation networks: Evidence from a government sponsored cross-industry program |
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Managing research and innovation networks: Evidence from a government sponsored cross-industry program |
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Managing research and innovation networks: Evidence from a government sponsored cross-industry program |
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managing research and innovation networks: evidence from a government sponsored cross-industry program |
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