Abstract
Innovation platforms are increasingly being used as a means of operationalizing innovation systems thinking. Agricultural innovation platforms are intended to bring together a number of stakeholders to promote an identified agricultural innovation. This is done through exchange of knowledge and other valuable resources to solve common problems. However, given the relatively new nature of innovation platforms, there is still limited conceptual knowledge on the mechanism within the platforms that leads to the implementation of innovations by different stakeholders who often have conflicting interests. This conceptual paper intended to review and unearth the intermediate processes that influence the actor innovation behavior by using the network governance theory. The review shows that the generation and implementation of ideas in an innovation platform is a process that involves structural, relational and social mechanisms. This review provides a foundation for future empirical studies in innovation platforms and particularly how they influence actor innovation behavior. Key words: Innovation platform, innovation behavior, network governance, agricultural innovation platforms.
Highlights
Innovation platforms are considered to be a new and dynamic mechanism that brings together farmers and diverse service providers for knowledge generation, sharing and diffusion for purposes of social learning (Cullen et al, 2014). They are generally viewed as a component of wider participatory approaches that were promoted since the mid-1980s to integrate farmers‟ indigenous knowledge within the knowledge provided by agricultural extension workers (Swaans et al, 2013)
Whereas some innovation platforms emerge through spontaneous processes, others may emerge through facilitation and direction by external forces (Consoli and Patrucco, 2011)
The theory is a synthesis of transaction cost (Williamson, 1975) and social network theories
Summary
Understanding actor innovation behavior: The application of network governance theory in agricultural innovation platforms. Agricultural innovation platforms are intended to bring together a number of stakeholders to promote an identified agricultural innovation This is done through exchange of knowledge and other valuable resources to solve common problems. Given the relatively new nature of innovation platforms, there is still limited conceptual knowledge on the mechanism within the platforms that leads to the implementation of innovations by different stakeholders who often have conflicting interests. This conceptual paper intended to review and unearth the intermediate processes that influence the actor innovation behavior by using the network governance theory.
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