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Aligning the design of intermediary organisations with the ecosystem

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  • Georg Reischauer
  • Wolfgang H. Güttel
  • Elke Schüssler

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Intermediary organisations such as technology transfer organisations (TTOs) are an important mechanism of open ecosystem governance, as they support how ecosystem participants search for knowledge. While scholars have identified TTO activities to support knowledge search, little is known about how these activities relate to the structural dimensions of TTOs or ecosystem-level factors. We propose that ecosystem search scope and problem complexity are key ecosystem-level factors that influence how TTOs support knowledge search. We further argue that coupling, specialisation, centralisation, and formalisation are the key structural dimensions of TTOs. We combine these arguments to develop TTO designs that detail the interplay of the structural dimensions and activities of a TTO given varying ecosystem-level factors. Our paper contributes to research on the open governance of ecosystems, ecosystem structures, and the ecosystem structure–intermediary organisations relation.

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  • Georg Reischauer & Wolfgang H. Güttel & Elke Schüssler, 2021. "Aligning the design of intermediary organisations with the ecosystem," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(5), pages 594-619, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:indinn:v:28:y:2021:i:5:p:594-619
    DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2021.1879737
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    2. Mikko Koria & Roberto Osorno-Hinojosa & Delia del Carmen Ramírez-Vázquez & Antonius van den Broek, 2022. "One World, Two Ideas and Three Adaptations: Innovation Intermediaries Enabling Sustainable Open Innovation in University–Industry Collaboration in Finland, Mexico and Nicaragua," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-18, September.
    3. Kettemann, Matthias C. & Bohn, Stephan, 2023. "Verantwortliche Unternehmensführung in der Plattformwirtschaft: Europäische Strategien für eine fairere Ordnung der globalen Digitalökonomie," Working Paper Forschungsförderung 275, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf.
    4. Nasrin Sultana & Ekaterina Turkina, 2023. "Collaboration for Sustainable Innovation Ecosystem: The Role of Intermediaries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-18, May.

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