Knowledge brokers role in knowledge management for interactive development: a review

Network innovation models for supporting the interactive development of new product is a growing approach in technology management. Knowledge brokers play a special role in the networks that facilitate the information and knowledge sharing among different members of the network. Nevertheless, the knowledge brokers' roles in previous studies of the interactive development of a new product have not been explicitly mentioned. In this paper, knowledge brokers' roles in an innovation network that focuses on the interactive development of new products, are mentioned and classified.

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knowledge broker , knowledge Management , product development , Interactive innovation