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Measuring the Impact of Innovation Intermediaries: A Case Study of Tekes

In: Practice-Based Innovation: Insights, Applications and Policy Implications

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  • Margaret Dalziel

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Satu Parjanen

    (Lappeenranta University of Technology)

Abstract

Innovation intermediaries are believed to have a beneficial influence on innovation processes, but as there are no universally accepted metrics of intermediary performance it is difficult for these organisations to provide the evidence of their contributions. We present a general-purpose methodology for measuring the impact of innovation intermediaries that applies across all types of intermediaries. We demonstrate the methodology by assessing the impact of the Global Access Program (GAP), which is made available to Finnish firms through Tekes, an intermediary organisation whose mission is to enhance Finnish industry through technology and innovation. Our findings show that the GAP program has had an impact on the performance of participating firms in terms of revenue growth, exports, new international customers, and employment growth. Consistent with our expectation that impacts on firm performance are a consequence of earlier impacts on firm resources and capabilities, we find a statistically significant relationship between the immediate impact of strategic information and advice, and information and advice on new markets, and longer term impact on firm performance.

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  • Margaret Dalziel & Satu Parjanen, 2012. "Measuring the Impact of Innovation Intermediaries: A Case Study of Tekes," Springer Books, in: Helinä Melkas & Vesa Harmaakorpi (ed.), Practice-Based Innovation: Insights, Applications and Policy Implications, chapter 0, pages 117-132, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-21723-4_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21723-4_7
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    Cited by:

    1. Mohammad S. Khorsheed, 2017. "Learning from Global Pacesetters to Build the Country Innovation Ecosystem," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 8(1), pages 177-196, March.
    2. Helge Svare & Anne Haugen Gausdal, 2017. "Dynamic capabilities and network benefits," Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedzę i Naukę "Cognitione", vol. 13(1), pages 117-146.
    3. Rossi, Federica & Caloffi, Annalisa & Colovic, Ana & Russo, Margherita, 2022. "New business models for public innovation intermediaries supporting emerging innovation systems: The case of the Internet of Things," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).

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