ABSTRACT

Purpose

In this work, we aim to shed light on how co-resourcing and actors’ practices impact the agricultural innovation process.

Design/Methodology/Approach

In a first step, we conceptualized agricultural innovation as the process during which actors exchange solutions that enable innovation to emerge. To provide these solutions, actors integrate operand and operant resources while simultaneously changing the context within which the innovation process takes place through their practices. By using three case studies, we present how co-resourcing and actors’ practices catalyze agricultural innovation.

Findings

Actors participate in solution networks having different aims. After setting forth value propositions, they engage in co-resourcing processes, using a wide array of practices (even ‘dark’ ones) to extract value from the innovation.

Practical Implications

This study suggests the need for both research and policy to pay close attention to the process of co-resourcing and the practices used by actors involved in agricultural innovation networks.

Theoretical Implications

The present work reveals that actors who have access to or own key resources take dominant positions in innovation networks, thus having the potential to form institutions in a way that serves their individual interests.

Originality/value

This study uncovers that actors’ practices during co-resourcing catalyze the agricultural innovation process.

中文翻译：

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共同资源和行为者的实践作为农业创新的催化剂

摘要

目的

在这项工作中，我们旨在阐明共同资源和参与者的做法如何影响农业创新过程。

设计/方法论/方法

第一步，我们将农业创新概念化为行动者交换解决方案以使创新出现的过程。为了提供这些解决方案，参与者整合操作和操作资源，同时通过他们的实践改变创新过程发生的环境。通过使用三个案例研究，我们展示了共同资源和参与者的实践如何催化农业创新。

发现

参与者参与具有不同目标的解决方案网络。在提出价值主张后，他们参与共同资源流程，使用广泛的实践（甚至是“黑暗”实践）从创新中提取价值。

实际影响

这项研究表明，研究和政策都需要密切关注共同资源的过程以及参与农业创新网络的参与者所使用的做法。

理论意义

目前的工作表明，能够获得或拥有关键资源的行为者在创新网络中占据主导地位，因此有可能以服务于他们个人利益的方式组建机构。

原创性/价值

本研究揭示了共同资源过程中行为者的实践催化了农业创新过程。