In this study, attention is turned to those actors who orchestrate innovation networks; their
types, roles and capabilities. We assert that the type of orchestrator and what they (can) do …

This paper explores orchestration capability as a concept defining the firm's ability to
purposefully build and manage innovation networks. Due to the lack of empirical research …

This conceptual paper organizes and advances existing knowledge on the management
practices of inter-organizational innovation networks by developing an orchestration profile …

In this paper, we examine the managing of the full innovation process, from visioning to
commercialization, in extensive networks. By drawing on the IMP, strategic network, and …

Purpose–Inter‐organizational innovation networks provide opportunities to exploit
complementary resources that reside beyond the boundary of the firm. The shifting locus of …

Purpose–The purpose of this study is to increase understanding of service innovation in
networks. Especially the most loosely coupled forms of innovation networks, innovation …

We focus, in this paper, on 'market-facing innovation networks'. Rooted in the modular and
integrated nature of the products they develop, high levels of product innovation activity are …

Several interpretations converge in defining innovation networks as formed by
heterogeneous actors, mainly identified in universities, research centers, and business …

Purpose–The literature includes a vast amount of research on both innovation and business
networks; however, the empirical knowledge of their intersection–innovation networks and …

In networked or open innovation processes, so-called innovation communities have been
identified in the innovation champion literature, in which innovation champions from different …