Intermediation in public procurement of innovation: How Amsterdam’s startup-in-residence programme connects startups to urban challenges |
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| Institution: | 1. Centre for Applied Research in Economics & Management (CAREM), Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Wibauthuis, Wibautstraat 3b, 1091 GH Amsterdam, the Netherlands;2. Faculty of Economics (FEP), University of Porto, & Centre of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Porto Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-464 Porto, Portugal;1. Technical University of Munich, Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, 94315 Straubing, Germany;2. University of Maryland, Center for Global Sustainability, School of Public Policy, College Park, MD 20742, USA;3. University of Cambridge, Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance, Department of Land Economy, Cambridge CB3 9EP, United Kingdom;1. Eindhoven University of Technology, School of Industrial Engineering, the Netherlands;2. Monash University, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Australia;3. Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, the Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | This paper analyses Amsterdam’s Startup-in-Residence (SiR) programme as new type of policy to engage startups in the development of urban innovation through a challenge-based public procurement of innovation (PPI) process. The programme is being mimicked by other cities and government agencies, but so far there has not been a rigorous, theoretically-informed analysis of the approach. In this paper, we specify and focus on the role of city-based, public-affiliated intermediaries as initiators, moderators and influencers of conversations between startups and the local government. The main contribution of SiR as a PPI intermediation programme has been to launch new types of fruitful conversations on several levels, that lead to institutional innovations rather than direct solutions for urban problems or startup development. In this sense, SiR fulfils a role inquiring and ascribing urban challenges with values and notions of “worth” that preceded and shaped innovation directions. We also suggest that engaging startups is effective for only a limited bandwidth urban challenges; different types of intermediation are required to foster collaborative innovation in more complex settings. |
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| Keywords: | Innovation intermediaries Public procurement of innovation Conversations Smart city Startups |
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