Abstract

PEREZ HERNANDEZ, Maria del Pilar Monserrat. Intermediate organizations in the innovation process in Mexico. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2016, vol.24, n.48, pp.161-183. ISSN 0188-7653.  https://doi.org/10.18504/pl2448-007-2016.

The innovation activity depends strongly on the interaction between generating actors and end-users of new knowledge and technologies. There are several intermediate organizations (IO) that facilitate translating the needs of the users with the new technologies that are being developed, in order to satisfy more effectively their demands. This paper analyzes the mediation process involved in the IO in innovative activity in Mexico, to identify structural holes in the innovation process. The relevant results in the Mexican intermediation process points that three important structural holes of the process are missing: one between the negotiation process and sponsorship, the second in marketing and commercial profit of the obtained results and the last one in the regulation and referring activities. It is very important that the detected missing links in the intermediation process are filled, because they can hinder considerably the overall profit and benefits that society could obtained of the innovation process.

Keywords : Brokerage; intermediary organizations; innovation; Mexico; structural holes.