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Long before open innovation and even innovation was subject to research, innovation intermediaries arose due to the fact that there has always been a gap between organizers that seek solutions to an innovation problem and innovators that can provide a solution to an organizer’s problem. An early example is the 16th century wool industry in which traders (‘middlemen’) functioned as informal disseminators of knowledge of technical improvements for wool processing.
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Hallerstede, S. (2013). Open innovation intermediaries. In: Managing the Lifecycle of Open Innovation Platforms. Markt- und Unternehmensentwicklung / Markets and Organisations. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-02508-3_6
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