The Role of Intermediaries in Collaborative Innovation Projects
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This paper aims at explaining how intermediaries influence collaborative innovation projects, suggesting a conceptual-theoretical framework about intermediaries’ roles and practices. The qualitative research was developed through the case study of the Orange Service Call and Reward project performed by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) for Orange Labs, the R&D arm of Orange telecom brand in the United Kingdom. The analyses show that the intermediaries influenced most of the critical elements of the innovation project, apart from research activities that were not applicable in the case.
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