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Title: | Cross-fertilization of knowledge and technologies in collaborative research projects |
Author: | González Piñero, Manel Páez Avilés, Cristina Juanola Feliu, Esteve Samitier i Martí, Josep |
Keywords: | Investigació mèdica Interdisciplinarietat Medicine research Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge |
Issue Date: | 18-May-2021 |
Publisher: | Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. |
Abstract: | Purpose: This paper aims to explore how the cross-fertilization of knowledge and technologies in EU-funded research projects, including serious games and gamification, is influenced by the following variables: multidisciplinarity, knowledge base and organizations (number and diversity). The interrelation of actors and projects form a network of innovation. The largest contribution to cross-fertilization comes from the multidisciplinary nature of projects and the previous knowledge and technology of actors. The analysis draws on the understanding of how consortia perform as an innovation network, what their outcomes are and what capabilities are needed to reap value. Design/methodology/approach: All the research projects including serious games and/or gamification, funded by the EU-Horizon 2020 work programme, have been analyzed to test the hypotheses in this paper. The study sample covers the period between 2014 and 2016 (June), selecting the 87 research projects that comprised 519 organizations as coordinators and participants, and 597 observations – because more organizations participate in more than one project. The data were complemented by documentary and external database analysis. Findings: To create cross-fertilization of knowledge and technologies, the following emphasis should be placed on projects: partners concern various disciplines; partners have an extensive knowledge base for generating novel combinations and added-value technologies; there is a diverse typology of partners with unique knowledge and skills; and there is a limited number of organizations not too closely connected to provide cross-fertilization. Research limitations/implications: First, the database sample covers a period of 30 months. The authors’ attention was focused on this period because H2020 prioritized for the first time the serious games and gamification with two specific calls (ICT-21–14 and ICT-24–16) and, second, for the explosion of projects including these technologies in the past years (Adkins, 2017). These facts can be understood as a way to push the research to higher technology readiness levels (TRLs) and introducing the end-user in the co-creation and co-development along the value chain. Second, an additional limitation makes reference to the European focus of the projects, missing strong regional initiatives not identified and studied. Originality/value: This paper has attempted to explore and define theoretically and empirically the characteristics found in the cross-fertilization of collaborative research projects, emphasizing which variables, and how, need to be stimulated to benefit more multidisciplinary consortia and accelerate the process of innovation. © 2021, Manel González-Piñero, Cristina Páez-Avilés, Esteve Juanola-Feliu and Josep Samitier. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-04-2020-0270 |
It is part of: | Journal Of Knowledge Management, 2021, vol 25, num 11, p. 34-59 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/184455 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-04-2020-0270 |
ISSN: | 1367-3270 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)) |
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