Abstract
The study aims to understand and explore situations of collaboration between various actors in connection with a university-driven innovation intermediary organisation, and how the intermediary organisation facilitates collaboration in the making. To this end, we employ a case of a university-driven long-lasting intermediary organisation within the agricultural and forestry sectors. We examine three collaborative situations, using practice-based research and process theories as theoretical perspectives. A narrative approach is adopted as the method of investigation. The findings are presented in a conceptual model where the structures of the intermediary organisation are translated into practices, against which individuals can develop their collaboration processes. It is concluded that collaboration in the making is formed in the interplay between structures, practices and processes in relations between people. This implies that the organising of collaboration should focus its attention not only on structures but also on the practices and processes formed between people. The study contributes to the understanding of the organising of university innovation intermediary organisations by untangling the relations between structures, practices and processes in situations of collaboration between people.
Highlights
The study aims to understand and explore collaborative situations involving various actors in connection with a university-driven innovation intermediary organisation and how the intermediary organisation facilitates collaboration in the making.1.1
University–industry collaboration has been conceptualised as a higher-level process that encompasses cooperation, teamwork and coordination [8,9]
The literature on university–industry collaboration has largely focused on how interaction is carried out by identifying categories of links or on who interacts and why, cf. [10]
Summary
The study aims to understand and explore collaborative situations involving various actors in connection with a university-driven innovation intermediary organisation and how the intermediary organisation facilitates collaboration in the making.1.1. Collaboration between universities and industry has increased dramatically in recent decades [2,3], along with an increase in the number of various intermediary organisations [4,5]. Collaboration between universities and industry has been discussed in terms of partnerships, where the business practitioner initiates the collaboration with a researcher by proposing a research problem that requires an innovative solution and new knowledge [9]. The literature addressing these types of collaborations often focuses on dyadic partnership, grounded in a problem to be solved and generally terminated when the problem is solved [12]
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