Print Email Facebook Twitter The Positions of Virtual Knowledge Brokers in the Core Process of Open Innovation Title The Positions of Virtual Knowledge Brokers in the Core Process of Open Innovation Author Hacievliyagil, N.K. Maisonneuve, Y.E. Auger, J.F. Hartmann, L. Faculty Technology, Policy and Management Department Economics of infrastructures Date 2007-06-01 Abstract Several companies are implementing the strategy of open innovation in their research and development operations. They become more dependent, therefore, on their capabilities to exchange knowledge and technology with external parties. To facilitate these exchanges, virtual knowledge brokers use web-based information systems. In this paper, we study how they use these systems to take position in the core process of open innovation. Virtual knowledge brokers connect problem owners with potential solvers, showcase technological solutions to potential buyers, or arrange alliances and joint ventures between parties. These core processes correspond to the outside-in, inside-out and coupled, respectively. This study shows that virtual knowledge brokers tend to take position in the outside-in process. Three case studies—Yet2.com, NineSigma and Innocentive—are provided as illustrations. The discussion brings up hypotheses for further research on sectoral patterns of innovation, the codification of knowledge and the internationalisation of research and development. Subject virtual knowledge brokerresearch and developmentopen innovationYet2.comNineSigmainnocentive To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d9e7b868-33a9-4a14-8ef1-6a34b2e036cb Publisher Common Ground ISSN 1832-3669 Source International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 3 (5), 2007 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2007 The Author(s) ; Common Ground Files PDF Hacievliyagil_et_al_The_P ... s_2007.pdf 179.43 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d9e7b868-33a9-4a14-8ef1-6a34b2e036cb/datastream/OBJ/view