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Choosing Open Innovation Intermediaries through their web-based platforms
Barbara AquilaniGandolfo DominiciTindara Abbatesubject
Intermediaries’ servicesKnowledge managementIntermediaries’ services Seekers in Open Innovation contextsbusiness.industryComputer science05 social sciencesWeb-based platformOpen Innovation Intermediaries Web-based platforms Intermediaries’ services Seekers in Open Innovation contexts.Open Innovation IntermediarieIntermediarySeekersOrder (exchange)Open Innovation Intermediaries0502 economics and businessSeekers in Open Innovation contextsWeb application050211 marketingbusinessSettore SECS-P/08 - Economia E Gestione Delle Imprese050203 business & managementOpen Innovation Intermediaries; Web-based platforms; Intermediaries’ services Seekers in Open Innovation contextsQualitative researchOpen innovationWeb-based platformsdescription
This paper examines the services provided by Open Innovation Intermediaries (OIIs) through their web-based platforms, in order to understand how OIIs can effectively support innovation seekers in their innovation processes. Relying on the existing literature exploring the roles and functions of web-based OII platforms, we carried out an exploratory and comparative qualitative study to identify the services available, to classify them by the various phases of the innovation processes in which they can be beneficial, and to link them to general roles and functions. Our analysis of the services provided by OII platforms sheds light on the dynamics of innovation seekers’ choices, and gives meaningful insights that can help improve this information and these services, so that OIIs can improve their offer in terms of complementary resources and knowledge for the innovation processes.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-15 |