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Table 2

The abductive approach along the two main phases of the research process

Abductive process	1st phase	2nd phase
Sources of data	SAAB VINNOVA INNOVAIR	SAAB VINNOVA INNOVAIR Aerospace Cluster Sweden – ACS Chalmers, Royal Institute of Technology Linköping University (LiU)
Secondary Data	PowerPoint presentations from Saab about the Swedish Aerospace Network (Internal documents) National Research Innovation Agenda from INNOVAIR (NRIA, 2013) (available at INNOVAIR website) Funding Programs Reports from VINNOVA (NFFP) (available at VINNOVA website)	PowerPoint presentations from LiU, FMV, FOI, Saab, Chalmers and KTH about the Swedish Aerospace Network (Internal documents) National Research Innovation Agendas from INNOVAIR (NRIA 2016 and 2019) (available at INNOVAIR website) Funding Programs Reports from VINNOVA (FLUD, and GF DEMO) (available at VINNOVA website) Website public documents about, Clean Sky, Gripen NG and Neuron Programs
Interviews	director of future business (SAAB) research and technology (R&T) strategy director (SAAB) project manager of the MIDCAS project (SAAB)	director of business development research and technology (SAAB) director commercial aircraft systems and Clean Sky program (SAAB) managing director of ACS (ACS – SAAB) INNOVAIR program’s director Head of the department of Management and Engineering (LiU – INNOVAIR) Head of the Division of Fluid and Mechatronic Systems (LiU – INNOVAIR)
Main objectives of the Interviews	To explore internal processes of Saab related to coordination during technology development To explore how Saab influence the innovation direction	to identify how common goals were achieved to identify connections between interdependent projects and programs, framed by TRL, towards a common product
Main outcomes of data analysis	“coordination by enabling” is more evident than “coordinating by commanding” within the Swedish Aerospace Network during technology development The innovation direction is highly influenced by Saab, but is shaped with the agreement of common goals between key members of the network TRL play a key role in helping coordination across different kinds of projects	technology development can be coordinated within the technological and the business dimensions and according different strategic nets agenda construction can facilitate the direction of innovation when it mobilizes all strategic nets towards a simultaneous coordination, aligned with a common goal strategic nets co-evolve when their related projects are connected and advance in maturity, and their actors change their network position

Abductive process	1st phase	2nd phase
Sources of data	SAAB VINNOVA INNOVAIR	SAAB VINNOVA INNOVAIR Aerospace Cluster Sweden – ACS Chalmers, Royal Institute of Technology Linköping University (LiU)
Secondary Data	PowerPoint presentations from Saab about the Swedish Aerospace Network (Internal documents) National Research Innovation Agenda from INNOVAIR (NRIA, 2013) (available at INNOVAIR website) Funding Programs Reports from VINNOVA (NFFP) (available at VINNOVA website)	PowerPoint presentations from LiU, FMV, FOI, Saab, Chalmers and KTH about the Swedish Aerospace Network (Internal documents) National Research Innovation Agendas from INNOVAIR (NRIA 2016 and 2019) (available at INNOVAIR website) Funding Programs Reports from VINNOVA (FLUD, and GF DEMO) (available at VINNOVA website) Website public documents about, Clean Sky, Gripen NG and Neuron Programs
Interviews	director of future business (SAAB) research and technology (R&T) strategy director (SAAB) project manager of the MIDCAS project (SAAB)	director of business development research and technology (SAAB) director commercial aircraft systems and Clean Sky program (SAAB) managing director of ACS (ACS – SAAB) INNOVAIR program’s director Head of the department of Management and Engineering (LiU – INNOVAIR) Head of the Division of Fluid and Mechatronic Systems (LiU – INNOVAIR)
Main objectives of the Interviews	To explore internal processes of Saab related to coordination during technology development To explore how Saab influence the innovation direction	to identify how common goals were achieved to identify connections between interdependent projects and programs, framed by TRL, towards a common product
Main outcomes of data analysis	“coordination by enabling” is more evident than “coordinating by commanding” within the Swedish Aerospace Network during technology development The innovation direction is highly influenced by Saab, but is shaped with the agreement of common goals between key members of the network TRL play a key role in helping coordination across different kinds of projects	technology development can be coordinated within the technological and the business dimensions and according different strategic nets agenda construction can facilitate the direction of innovation when it mobilizes all strategic nets towards a simultaneous coordination, aligned with a common goal strategic nets co-evolve when their related projects are connected and advance in maturity, and their actors change their network position