Others were created with input from potential customers or partners, but many aspects of their design, production, and marketing would have benefited had third parties taken over these roles. Discussion By better understanding the nature of an innovation and by framing that innovation in a business-rather than a laboratory-context, research organisations are more likely to successfully commercialise their technologies. By establishing stronger positions within industry value chains, research

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... anisations are able to form partnerships and better leverage their own core competencies.