RETHINKING THE ROLE OF INTERMEDIARIES AS AN ARCHITECT OF COLLECTIVE EXPLORATION AND CREATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN OPEN INNOVATION

Marine Agogué, Anna Yström, Pascal Le Masson · 2013 · International Journal of Innovation Management

Summary. Intermediaries in open innovation do more than broker connections or facilitate networks. This paper studies two traffic safety innovation cases where intermediaries actively shaped collaborative knowledge creation by designing exploration processes and providing leadership. Rather than passive facilitators, these intermediaries acted as architects, structuring joint problem-solving when no single organization could tackle challenges alone.

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Agogué, M., Yström, A., & Masson, P. L.. (2013). RETHINKING THE ROLE OF INTERMEDIARIES AS AN ARCHITECT OF COLLECTIVE EXPLORATION AND CREATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN OPEN INNOVATION. International Journal of Innovation Management. https://doi.org/10.1142/s1363919613500072

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DOI: 10.1142/s1363919613500072
Countries: France, Sweden
Regions: Europe
Categories: innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28