“…Collaborators must navigate multiple agendas and engage in continuous relationship negotiation (Phillips et al., 2000). The diverse landscape of innovation contexts also poses challenges in terms of generalizing findings across different spaces and places (Nie et al., 2023). Together, the increasing diversity of actors and contexts has led to the emergence of popular concepts such as innovation communities (Fichter, 2009), knowledge networks (Phelps et al., 2012; Ritala et al., 2023), innovation networks (Jarvenpaa and Wernick, 2011; Aarikka‐Stenroos et al., 2017), innovation ecosystems (Ritala et al., 2013; Autio and Thomas, 2014), platforms (Gawer and Cusumano, 2014; Helfat and Raubitschek, 2018), and intermediaries (Howells, 2006; De Silva et al., 2018).…”