A New Measurement Conception for the ‘Doing-Using-Interacting’ Mode of Innovation

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Authors

  • Harm Alhusen
  • Tatjana Bennat
  • Kilian Bizer
  • Uwe Cantner
  • Elaine Horstmann
  • Martin Kalthaus
  • Till Proeger
  • Rolf Sternberg
  • Stefan Töpfer

External Research Organisations

  • University of Göttingen
  • University of Southern Denmark
  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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Original languageEnglish
Article number104214
JournalResearch policy
Volume50
Issue number4
Early online date23 Feb 2021
Publication statusPublished - May 2021

Abstract

The ‘doing-using-interacting’ (DUI) mode of innovation describes informal innovative activities and it can be juxtaposed with the ‘science-technology-innovation’ (STI) mode based on deliberate research and development. While both modes contribute substantially but differently to technological progress, our empirical understanding of DUI mode innovative activity suffers from the lack of a comprehensive measurement approach. While empirical measurement of the STI mode is well established, empirical indicators for DUI activities are scarce and no consensus has emerged concerning its constituting learning processes. We propose a new measurement conception for innovative activity and based on 81 in-depth interviews with German firms and regional innovation consultants. We derive fifteen categories of DUI mode learning processes and a comprehensive set of 47 indicators comprising both established and new DUI indicators for empirical measurement. This new measurement conception and the respective indicators provide a holistic perspective and their application can be used to increase our understanding of the importance of DUI mode innovative activity, as well as guiding policy-makers.

Keywords

    DUI, innovation indicator, learning process, measurement, modes of innovation, STI

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sustainable Development Goals

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A New Measurement Conception for the ‘Doing-Using-Interacting’ Mode of Innovation. / Alhusen, Harm; Bennat, Tatjana; Bizer, Kilian et al.
In: Research policy, Vol. 50, No. 4, 104214, 05.2021.

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Alhusen, H, Bennat, T, Bizer, K, Cantner, U, Horstmann, E, Kalthaus, M, Proeger, T, Sternberg, R & Töpfer, S 2021, 'A New Measurement Conception for the ‘Doing-Using-Interacting’ Mode of Innovation', Research policy, vol. 50, no. 4, 104214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104214
Alhusen, H., Bennat, T., Bizer, K., Cantner, U., Horstmann, E., Kalthaus, M., Proeger, T., Sternberg, R., & Töpfer, S. (2021). A New Measurement Conception for the ‘Doing-Using-Interacting’ Mode of Innovation. Research policy, 50(4), Article 104214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104214
Alhusen H, Bennat T, Bizer K, Cantner U, Horstmann E, Kalthaus M et al. A New Measurement Conception for the ‘Doing-Using-Interacting’ Mode of Innovation. Research policy. 2021 May;50(4):104214. Epub 2021 Feb 23. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104214
Alhusen, Harm ; Bennat, Tatjana ; Bizer, Kilian et al. / A New Measurement Conception for the ‘Doing-Using-Interacting’ Mode of Innovation. In: Research policy. 2021 ; Vol. 50, No. 4.
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