There is growing recognition that the governance of open innovation is interdependent with the outcome being developed. In this paper, we address the dynamic nature of open innovation governance through an in-depth, longitudinal case study of a commercial software firm and a big science centre co-developing a digital platform. We identified five processes through which the open innovation governance and its outcome – i.e., the platform – influenced each other. Specifically, we found that the governance of the collaboration played a major role in resolving tensions between the two partners, which had a profound impact on the design of the digital platform. In turn, the decisions surrounding the platform started to change the open innovation governance. Based on these insights, we develop implications for governing open innovation in the context of collaborating with a big science centre.

人们越来越认识到，开放式创新的治理与正在开发的成果相互依存。在本文中，我们通过对商业软件公司和大型科学中心共同开发数字平台的深入纵向案例研究来解决开放式创新治理的动态性质。我们确定了开放式创新治理及其结果（即平台）相互影响的五个过程。具体来说，我们发现合作的治理在解决两个合作伙伴之间的紧张关系方面发挥了重要作用，这对数字平台的设计产生了深远的影响。反过来，围绕平台的决策开始改变开放式创新治理。基于这些见解，