Innovation Ecosystem towards sustainability: the role of innovation intermediaries

Green and digital transitions are affecting the current situation and will affect the future of several industries. Over the years a growing attention has been recognized to collaborative strategies that foster Twin transition and its development. Among the collaborative strategies, scholars have emphasized the importance of relationships characterizing the Innovation Ecosystem. This latter supports the innovation development on the basis of interactions between firms, institutions, universities, and various organization belonging mainly to the same geographical area. In a wider perspective, Innovation Network, based on IMP perspective, recognizes the key role of relationships belonging to various geographic areas and characterized by the same relational proximity. In this contex, the aim of this research is to investigate the potentialities of Innovation Network on the value configuration of technology start-ups, sopporting their growth to become scale- ups and their orientation towards sustainability. In particular, the research analysis the role of Innovation Intermediaries in this process of transition.