Peter Hutterer, Regina Gattringer, Hans Irschik, Franz Strehl,
"Managing Contradictory Stakeholder Demands of a Publicly Funded Research Center"
, in International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol. 12, Nummer 1, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2015, ISSN: 0219-8770
Original Titel:
Managing Contradictory Stakeholder Demands of a Publicly Funded Research Center
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
Following the guidelines of the European Union (EU), Austria supports scientific research and technological development by publicly funding of research centers. Such centers are positioned between scientific and industrial stakeholders and have to simultaneously fulfill contradictory demands. This paper deeply analyzes the Austrian Center of Competence in Mechatronics (ACCM) and exposes why this publicly funded research center is able to effectively manage these conflicting demands. Using the theory of ambidexterity, the study highlights that appropriate structures and strategies are preliminarily needed. In particular we found that the fundamental abilities for managing contradictory demands are located on an individual level and argue that especially the autonomous, well-educated people and their competences of self-organization enable the research center to be ambidextrous.
Sprache der Kurzfassung:
Englisch
Journal:
International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management
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