Orchestrating innovation networks: The case of innovation brokers in the agri-food sector

Batterink, M.H.; Wubben, E.F.M.; Klerkx, Laurens; Omta, S.W.F.

doi:10.1080/08985620903220512

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“…project workshops, innovation cafés and partnership days, suitable for establishing collaborative innovation projects (Batterink et al 2010;Parjanen, Harmaakorpi, and Frantsi 2010). The version of NBIB described in this paper, however, was designed by the authors, and was intended as a fresh attempt to translate central dimensions of RIS-theory into manageable micro-level methods in order to better realize the pragmatic potential of the theory.…”

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Strengthening regional innovation through network-based innovation brokering

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Gausdal

2015

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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The primary objective of this paper is to demonstrate how regional innovation system theory may be translated into manageable micro-level methods with the potential for strengthening the productive dynamics of a regional innovation system. The paper meets this objective by presenting network-based innovation brokering, a practical method designed by using insights from regional innovation system theory and trust theory. Five cases from two Norwegian regional innovation networks show that in addition to knowledge development and diffusion, network-based innovation brokering strengthened collaborative attitude and trust between members of the regional innovation system. Moreover, it served as an arena for entrepreneurial experimentation, resulting in projects combining two modes of innovation; the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) mode and the Doing, Using and Interaction (DUI) mode. The method, thus, may be viewed as a useful addition to the inventory of methods used to stimulate innovation in RISs. On a more general level, the paper represents a call to the community of innovation researchers and practitioners to give a higher priority to the question of how to better realize the pragmatic potential of RIS-theory.3

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Section: What Is Network-based Innovation Brokering?mentioning

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Strengthening regional innovation through network-based innovation brokering

Svare

Gausdal

2015

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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“…In particular, interactions with knowledge-intensive sectors, given their importance in the generation and diffusion of innovations, can be strengthened (Mas Verdú et al, 2011). In this empowerment of innovation networks, the innovation brokers may have a key role (Batterink et al, 2010). The other is to enhance partnership between the business sector and public support services to R&D activities.…”

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Innovation and sectoral linkages in the agri-food system in the Valencian Community

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2012

Span. j. agric. res.

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This paper aims to analyze the innovative effort of the agri-food system (AFS) in the Valencian Autonomous Community (VC), Spain, estimating the intensity of innovation in each subsector of the AFS. The analysis distinguishes between the direct and indirect (or induced) innovation intensities incorporated by the acquisition of inputs from other subsectors produced in the VC or in the rest of Spain. The methodology employed is based on the inputoutput framework combined with data of technological innovation in enterprises. This methodology provides the novelty of been applied to a region -the VC-and not to a country as it is usually done. The results show that the weight of intersectoral flows in the total innovation effort of the AFS is significant with marked differences between primary and food industry. In most activities, embodied knowledge in inputs purchased from Spain is greater than embodied knowledge of inputs produced inside the region.Additional key words: embodied knowledge; food industry; input-output; intersectoral linkages; primary sector; Spain; Valencian region. Resumen Innovación y vínculos sectoriales en el sistema agroalimentario de la Comunidad ValencianaEste artículo analiza el esfuerzo innovador del sistema agroalimentario de la Comunidad Autónoma de Valencia (CAV), España, estimando la intensidad de innovación de cada subsector del sistema. El análisis distingue la intensidad de innovación directa y la intensidad indirecta (o inducida) incorporada en los inputs adquiridos por el sistema agroalimentario, indicando si es originada dentro o fuera de la región. La metodología empleada se basa en la utilización del marco input-output combinado con datos de innovación tecnológica en las empresas. Esta metodología aporta la novedad de ser aplicada a nivel regional -en la CAV-y no a nivel nacional, como se ha realizado hasta ahora. Los resultados muestran que el peso de los flujos intersectoriales en la innovación total del sistema agroalimentario es apreciable y muestra diferencias importantes entre la agricultura y la industria alimentaria. En casi todos los casos el conocimiento incorporado en insumos originados fuera de la región supera a los producidos dentro de la región.

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“…Explanatory approaches looking at the mix between larger or smaller firms (Carlsson & Stankiewitz, 1991), and the presence and engagement of universities and R&D institutions (Mitra & Formica, 1997) may also be relevant to RINOs, as may those approaches focusing on trust or social capital (Johnsen, 2012;Rutten & Boekema, 2007). Finally, we have the explanatory approaches focusing on network orchestration (Batterink et al, 2010;Busquets, 2010;Gausdal & Nilsen, 2011), and on the existence and function of intermediaries (Dalziel & Parjanen, 2012;Gassmann et al, 2011;Howells, 2006). Typical of these explanatory factors is that they attend more to the network, cluster or RINO as a whole, than to individual members.…”

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“…There exists an extensive literature discussing such variation and its causes. While some studies focus on how networks are managed or orchestrated (Batterink, Wubben, Klerkx & Omta, 2010;Busquets, 2010;Gausdal & Nilsen, 2011), others concentrate on the presence and function of intermediaries (Dalziel & Parjanen, 2012;Gassmann, Daiber & Enkel, 2011;Howells, 2006), on social capital (Johnsen, 2012;Rutten & Boekema, 2007), on the composition of the clusters or networks, or on other structural features (Capaldo, 2007;Olsen, Elvekrok, Gausdal, Nilsen & Scholderer, 2013). Typical of these explanatory endeavors is that they focus on the network or the cluster as a whole, and in this sense, they consider factors that are common for all the members of the network or cluster.…”

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Orchestrating innovation networks: The case of innovation brokers in the agri-food sector

Cited by 202 publications

References 62 publications

Strengthening regional innovation through network-based innovation brokering

Strengthening regional innovation through network-based innovation brokering

Innovation and sectoral linkages in the agri-food system in the Valencian Community

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