Stakeholder interdependencies in a collaborative innovation project

Abstract Industry 4.0—also known as the modern industrial revolution—nurtures close collaboration between various organizations so that they can come together for innovation. While aiming digital transformation through such innovation, these form certain interdependencies due to pool of resources and tasks agree share reach both common independent goals. To understand those interdependencies, we studied a national innovation project in Finland called “Reboot IoT Factory,” which leveraged several resources, processes, practices successfully combine technologies manufacturing competitive sustainable way. The participants included were factories, research organizations, small medium enterprises (SMEs). An actor dependency model was used analyze observed survey interview data. results showed strong goal, task, resource dependencies participants. A conventional understanding advantages opportunities, increased experience sharing possible long-term synergies, is elaborated; moreover, an analysis disadvantages risks caused by delays inefficiency unnecessary complexity, also conducted.