scholarly journals Collaborative innovation projects engaging open communities: A case study on emerging challenges

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Dupont ◽  
Alex Gabriel ◽  
Mauricio Camargo ◽  
Claudine Guidat
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Innovation Projects

Tensions in collaborative innovation projects and higher-level learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 248-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise Marcandella ◽  
Khoudia Guèye
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

PurposeEnsuring collaboration between partners involved in a collaborative innovation project is a challenge for project managers. This paper aims to highlight how taking a high-level learning approach can represent a managerial lever. In addition, it analyzes the impact of learning tensions in a partnership context.Design/methodology/approachThe paper focuses on an explorative, longitudinal and in-depth analysis of the Innovative Solutions in Urban Systems project via a qualitative single-case study. The research is inductive and based on data from the field rather than a deductive application of theory.FindingsCollaborative innovation projects represent a high-level learning case. Activity theory is suited to studying the dynamics of learning in collaborative innovation projects. Tensions can fertilize the front-end of collaborative innovation projects.Research limitations/implicationsBecause of the chosen research approach, the research results may be difficult to generalize. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to test the conceptual framework further.Practical implicationsThis article provides a framework for managing tensions in collaborative innovation projects. The results provide also a process to implement all criteria of sustainable development in these projects.Social implicationsThis article highlights to what extent collaborative relations can be developed between participants through a questionnaire with social responsibility attributes. The questionnaire allows to foster participants’ trust.Originality/valueThis approach is original because the authors consider that situations exist that, by definition, belong to “higher-order learning”. Through a case study, they propose a framework to manage this situation.

scholarly journals Collaborative innovation in healthcare: a case study of hospitals as innovation platforms

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Pauliina Hyrkäs ◽  
Lotta Haukipuro ◽  
Satu Väinämö ◽  
Marika Iivari ◽  
Anna Sachinopoulou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Innovation

Managing triadic supplier relationships in collaborative innovation projects: a relational view perspective

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Patrucco ◽  
Christine Mary Harland ◽  
Davide Luzzini ◽  
Federico Frattini
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Relational View ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Supplier Relationships ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complementary Resources ◽  
Triadic Relationships ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Innovation Project

Purpose Suppliers are essential partners in innovation projects, as they own resources, knowledge assets and capabilities that complement those of buying firms. In today’s competitive environment, firms may choose to collaborate with suppliers beyond dyads, forming triadic or three-party relationships. Using the theoretical lens of the relational view (RV), this study aims to explore what type of triad configurations firms use to govern supplier relationships in collaborative innovation projects, how they choose to share resources and implications for project performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors use interview data from buyers and suppliers in six case studies of firms involved in ten collaborative innovation projects. The four constructs of the RV are used to observe how firms govern triadic relationships, combine complementary resources, invest in relationship-specific assets and manage information and knowledge exchange with and between suppliers in innovation projects. Findings Four archetypes of triadic relationships in innovation projects – labeled Triangle, A-frame, D-Frame and Line – are presented and characterized in terms of their structural and relational features. The authors discuss how each triad archetype is applicable to different innovation projects according to specific project characteristics. Originality/value This study is pioneering in its empirical examination of triadic relationships in collaborative innovation projects. It provides a novel typology of four archetypes of triad from the perspective of collaborative relationships with suppliers. Through applying the RV, it advances understanding of how triadic relationships are governed, how they invest in relationship-specific assets, how they combine complementary resources and how they exchange knowledge and information in each type of triad appropriate to different innovation project settings. To date, much of the extant literature has focused on dyads.

scholarly journals The Role of Narratives in Collaborative Innovation – Transitions towards Relational Forms of Dementia Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-47
Author(s):  
Maria Taivalsaari Røhnebæk
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Narrative Approaches ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Managerial Implications

This article advances the relevance of a narrative approach in studies of collaborative innovation. The narrative approach outlined is based in translation theory, developed within science and technology studies (STS) and organizational studies. The research is based in a case study of an innovation initiative in municipal elderly care in Norway. The case study follows the implementation processes of the initiative in three elderly care institutions. Various forms of resistance were encountered in the implementation process, and the analysis shows how narrative strategies worked as brokering mechanisms in negotiations of this resistance. The article explores how a collaborative innovation process evolves through interplays between strategic narratives and counter narratives and contributes by demonstrating how narratives may work as important brokering mechanisms in collaborative innovation processes. The article discusses finally how and why narrative approaches may contribute to research on collaborative innovation, and it outlines managerial implications.

scholarly journals Measuring radical innovation project success: typical metrics don’t work

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmi Normann Kristiansen ◽  
Paavo Ritala
Keyword(s):  
Radical Innovation ◽  
Incremental Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
International Firms ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Innovation Project ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose Firms frequently struggle with measuring the performance of their radical innovation activities. Due to the uncertainty and ambiguity involved, key performance indicators (KPIs) used for incremental innovation projects are often not useful in this context. The purpose of this paper is to explore suitable KPIs particularly useful for radical innovation projects. Design/methodology/approach This study first reviews commonly used measures for innovation projects, which is then followed by case-study evidence from three industry-leading international firms. This study includes 13 in-depth interviews with innovation managers and directors in these firms, providing insights on how they measure the progress and performance of radical innovation projects. Findings KPIs used commonly in incremental innovation showed lackluster results in the case firms and were problematic for radical innovation context. A key finding was that radical innovation project performance should be evaluated based on the process rather than on the expected outcome. Concurrently, based on the literature review and the cases, three sets of KPIs with 13 specific KPIs useful for radical innovation projects are proposed. Originality/value The paper addresses a core challenge in using established KPIs in a radical innovation context. The paper gathers and synthesizes a range of measurement points suitable for radical innovation projects and provides specific suggestions for appropriate metrics that innovation managers can use.

Exploiting Technological Potentialities for Collaborative New Product Development

2012 ◽  
pp. 862-877
Author(s):  
Pasquale Del Vecchio ◽  
Valentina Ndou ◽  
Laura Schina
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
New Product ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
The Web

By contrast, empirical studies show that there are many large and small companies which do not grasp the opportunities provided by the customers’ contribution. This is due to a number of inhibiting factors that represent barriers for the collaborative innovation. This chapter aims firstly to delineate and validate some of these constraints by using the insights coming out from a case study and secondly to suggest a possible solution in order to overpass some of the barriers identified and to exploit the customers’ knowledge acquired on the web.

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