Performance in publicly funded innovation networks (PFINs): The role of inter-organisational relationships

TY - JOUR

T1 - Performance in publicly funded innovation networks (PFINs)

T2 - The role of inter-organisational relationships

AU - Kreye, Melanie E.

AU - Perunovic, Zoran

N1 - Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge support from BlueINNOship, funded by Innvoationsfonden in Denmark ( ID 155-2014-10 ). Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge support from BlueINNOship, funded by Innvoationsfonden in Denmark (ID 155-2014-10). Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier Inc.

PY - 2019/11/25

Y1 - 2019/11/25

N2 - This research investigates how performance in Publicly Funded Innovation Networks (PFINs) is affected by the inter-organisational relationships in terms of alignment between network administration and participating organisations. Our findings from a longitudinal embedded case study of a PFIN in the Nordic maritime industry show two key insights. First, we identify three patterns of inter-organisational relationships: functional (alignment between the self-organised relationships by project partners and relationship requirements from network administration), dysfunctional (contradictions between the self-organised relationships by project partners and relationship requirements from network administration), and anarchic (self-organised relationships by project partners with a lack of direction or leadership). Second, we show that each of these patterns of inter-organisational relationships have different effects on performance factors. An unexpected emergent finding was the observation of sub-circles of functional relationships within projects of dysfunctional relationships aimed at circumventing the misaligned requirements of network administration. We propose a conceptual framework detailing the effects of these three relationship patterns on PFIN performance in terms of immediate and long-term effects.

AB - This research investigates how performance in Publicly Funded Innovation Networks (PFINs) is affected by the inter-organisational relationships in terms of alignment between network administration and participating organisations. Our findings from a longitudinal embedded case study of a PFIN in the Nordic maritime industry show two key insights. First, we identify three patterns of inter-organisational relationships: functional (alignment between the self-organised relationships by project partners and relationship requirements from network administration), dysfunctional (contradictions between the self-organised relationships by project partners and relationship requirements from network administration), and anarchic (self-organised relationships by project partners with a lack of direction or leadership). Second, we show that each of these patterns of inter-organisational relationships have different effects on performance factors. An unexpected emergent finding was the observation of sub-circles of functional relationships within projects of dysfunctional relationships aimed at circumventing the misaligned requirements of network administration. We propose a conceptual framework detailing the effects of these three relationship patterns on PFIN performance in terms of immediate and long-term effects.

KW - Case study

KW - Collaboration

KW - Innovation networks

KW - Inter-organisational relationships

KW - Maritime industry

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U2 - 10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.11.018

DO - 10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.11.018

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85076021785

SN - 0019-8501

VL - 86

SP - 201

EP - 211

JO - Industrial Marketing Management

JF - Industrial Marketing Management

ER -