Service stations along global knowledge pipelines - on innovation intermediaries' function in fostering globalized innovation processes

摘要: Innovation is an interactive learning process that facilitated naturally by geographic proximity. intermediaries can serve as extra catalyst to and facilitator of interaction collaboration. With today’s more globalized knowledge innovation landscape, companies research organizations seek complementary competencies partners with whom they collaborate on a much broader geographical scale. Although linkages other actors internationally offer related help secure continuous dynamism long-term competitiveness, engaging in internationally-collaborative processes requires conscious efforts capabilities. – particularly small may lack the internal capacity or network connections pursue international activities. Such barriers prevent limit effectiveness their engagement processes. Within field policy, one current issues how policymakers address actors’ internationalization helping catalyze increased (and efficient) sourcing If are increasingly transnational, public policies designed facilitate cross-border interaction? Could be leveraged this regard? Existing literature focuses role (cluster similar) have facilitating creation within particular local node national geography. There relatively less written about intermediaries’ This thesis aims improve understanding foster firms’ organizations’ transnational serving input for future policy development area. uses case study approach investigate factors driving need intermediary support, support functions fulfill relation these needs. 59 (i.e. organizations, large/medium companies, companies) 14 grouped five networks were objects StarDust project case. Data was collected through interviews, surveys participant observation over course three-year project. Results highlight three key conclusions. First, drive stronger demand external bringing dispersed sources together collaborative innovative solutions. Second, differentiated interests imply tailored functions, possibilities leveraging system delivery. Third, results point expanding take without necessarily having corresponding mandates skills. These findings contribute providing detailed insights type useful internationally-interdependent processes, comparative perspective different needs services provided intermediaries. The helps first step substantiating could play strengthening activities contributing ongoing (Less)