Step 3.7

Refine process and optimize quality of research results.

Primary findings

Secondary findings

Primary findings

Barriers

Collaboration is a challenge because managers are pressed for time, reluctant to give over control, and accustomed to working in silos.
Non-experimental study
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Research agendas about open innovation often stay within OI and fail to leverage knowledge in other disciplines like marketing or engineering.
Literature review findings
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Explorative research provides greater opportunities but requires more resources and presents higher risk to businesses. 
Case study analysis
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Informal knowledge sharing platforms lack the predictability and organization of formal systems with regards to management goals like regulating participation and leveraging connections. 
Literature review and case study.
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Carriers

Best practices must evolve over time to incorporate successful innovations.
From comparison of two case studies. 
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Tips

Research execution: Face-to-face engagement with stakeholders and active participation in community-based activities can be effective KT strategies.
Applying integrated KT in Mental Health research.
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Secondary findings

Carriers

It is important to communicate research findings in a manner that can influence stakeholders. Quality and accessibility factors play important roles.
Source: Casebeer (2000); McColl (1998). In: Bowen, S., Martens, P. & The Need to Know Team (2005)