The Dynamics of Inter-organizational Hybrid Partnerships in Technology Transfer
Publication Date
January 2019
Document Type
Contribution to a Book
Publication Title
Capacity Building in Technology Transfer
Editor
Massimiliano Granieri & Andrea Basso
Volume
14
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-91461-9_4
First Page
47
Last Page
70
Abstract
Drawing on the literature on inter-organizational and hybrid partnerships, we put forth a process-based perspective on the evolution of regional innovation systems (RIS), with particular attention to the changing role of TTOs throughout the RIS lifecycle. We theorize on how perceptions of environmental turbulence (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, in short VUCA) may influence partners’ decisions to adopt a given organization model for the broker/TTO that manages the partnership. We show that perceptions of environmental turbulence may lead to a set of possible decision pathologies at the partnership level that interfere with the organizational structure of the TTO. We suggest that perceptions of turbulence and decision pathologies play an important part in explaining RIS may deviate from the intended direction or produce outcomes that are unexpected.
Recommended Citation
Fabiola Bertolotti, Elisa Mattarelli, and Paula Ungureanu. "The Dynamics of Inter-organizational Hybrid Partnerships in Technology Transfer" Capacity Building in Technology Transfer (2019): 47-70. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91461-9_4
