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Table 4

Phases, timeline, actors involved, and activities for the two years of research covered in the study

	Phase	Timeline	Purpose	Actors	Activities
Research framing and platform design	Research framing	5 month Jan 2017 May 2017	Define the research topic aim and purpose Setting the main research question Establishing the Collaborative Inquiry mechanisms and setting direction	Research Team	● Monthly research meetings to design the research and converge toward a shared research path ● Literature review ● Research questions definition ● Individuals' research are competence definition ● Definition of individual research areas
	Platform design	4 month April 2017 July 2017	Designing the organization of the platform, working methods and processes	Research Team	● Definition of roles within the Research Team according to the individual specific competences (communication and website, platform design, partner management) ● Definition of the functioning mechanisms of the platform
	Partner engagement	4 month May 2017 Sept 2017	Finding and engaging companies in the research platform	Research Team	● Scouting of companies ● Preliminary meetings with companies to share the initiatives and align over shared objective ● Companies contract definition and signature
First year research Cycle	Year 1 Kick Off Meeting and initial Mode 2 activities	1 day Sept 2018	Create the community and engage all partners around a shared research question	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Networking to foster relationships and community creation ● Sharing of companies’ challenge ● Community workshop to align over a shared research question ● Preliminary individual meetings between the Research Team and the following to start framing the research and the project to be performed
	Establishing Collaborative Inquiry mechanisms and activities	2 months Sept 2018 Nov 2018	With each company: Understanding of the company's innovation problem Establish basic commitment for a collaboration project Mutual education about expectation from the project	Research Team and companies' referee	● Preliminary dialogues with managers about common areas of interest ● Company visit to better emphasize with the company environment and organization ● Mutual education about the company culture and expectations for the research project ● Exploration of different research design and methods ● Initial decision about the timeline of the research project and agreement about the data collection process and tools
	Developing the Collaborative Inquiry design methods and process	2 months Dec 2018 Jan 2019	Refining the research design methods, data collection, process and protocols	Research Team and companies' referee	● Development of data collection tools ● Setting of data collection timeline and procedure
	Mid Term event	1 day March 2019	Share with the community the advancement in the research and preliminary results, and align over the next step	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Sharing of preliminary understanding of the research ● Sharing of companies’ project status and understanding ● Preliminary test of tools before of the deployment within the companies' organization ● Agreement on the next step for the second part of the research project
	Data collection and interpretation	4 months Feb 2019 May 2019	Companies' project development and data collection	Research Team, companies' referee and companies' employees engaged in the project	● Project roll out in each company (Mode 2) ● Contextual data gathering through qualitative (etnography, recordings, workshop materials) and quantitative (surveys) data (Mode 1) ● Preliminary data analysis
	Closing of companies' projects	3 months June 2019 August 2019	Delivering impact in the companies	Research Team and companies' referee	For each company individually ● Delivery of a final report including the project results ● Closing meeting with company management, results delivery and impact assessment
	Closing Event	1 day Sept 2019	Sharing of final projects' and research results and understanding	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Sharing of research results and key learnings ● Sharing of companies' project results, impact and learning ● Defining the next step and preliminary framing of a new research question
Second Year Research Cycle	Year 2 Kick Off Meeting and initial Collaborative Inquiry activities	1 day Sept 2019	Create the community and engage all partners around a shared research question	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Networking to foster relationships and community creation ● Sharing of companies’ challenge ● Community workshop to align over a shared research question ● Workshop and roundtables to start framing the research and the project to be performed
	Establishing Collaborative Inquiry mechanism and activities	3 months Sept 2019 Dec 2019	With each company: Understanding of the company's innovation problem Establish basic commitment for a collaboration project Mutual education about expectation from the project	Research Team and companies' referee	● Preliminary dialogues with managers about common areas of interest ● Mutual education about the company culture and expectations for the research project ● Exploration of different research design and methods ● Initial decision about the timeline of the research project and agreement about the data collection process and tools
	Developing the Collaborative Inquiry design methods and process	2 months Jan 2020 Mar 2020	Refining the research design methods, data collection, process and protocols	Research Team and companies' referee	● Development and test of data collection tools ● Setting of data collection timeline and procedure
	Mid Term event	1 day March 2020	Share with the community the advancement in the research, testing of the tools developed, and align over the next step	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Sharing of preliminary understanding of the research ● Preliminary test of tools before of the deployment within the companies' organization ● Agreement on the next step for the second part of the research project
	Data collection and interpretation	4 months Feb 2020 July 2020	Companies' project development and data collection	Research Team, companies' referee and companies' employees engaged in the project	● Project roll out in each company (Mode 2) ● Contextual data gathering through qualitative (etnography, recordings, workshop materials) and quantitative (surveys) data (Mode 1) ● Preliminary data analysis
	Closing of companies' projects	3 months June 2020 August 2020	Delivering impact in the companies	Research Team and companies' referee	● For each company individually ● Delivery of a final report including the project results ● Closing meeting with company management, results delivery and impact assessment
	Closing Event	1 day Sept 2020	Sharing of final projects and research results and understanding	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Sharing of research results and key learnings ● Sharing of companies' project results, impact and learning ● Defining the next step and preliminary framing of a new research question

	Phase	Timeline	Purpose	Actors	Activities
Research framing and platform design	Research framing	5 monthJan 2017 May 2017	Define the research topic aim and purposeSetting the main research questionEstablishing the Collaborative Inquiry mechanisms and setting direction	Research Team	● Monthly research meetings to design the research and converge toward a shared research path ● Literature review ● Research questions definition ● Individuals' research are competence definition ● Definition of individual research areas
	Platform design	4 monthApril 2017 July 2017	Designing the organization of the platform, working methods and processes	Research Team	● Definition of roles within the Research Team according to the individual specific competences (communication and website, platform design, partner management) ● Definition of the functioning mechanisms of the platform
	Partner engagement	4 month May 2017 Sept 2017	Finding and engaging companies in the research platform	Research Team	● Scouting of companies ● Preliminary meetings with companies to share the initiatives and align over shared objective ● Companies contract definition and signature
First year research Cycle	Year 1 Kick Off Meeting and initial Mode 2 activities	1 daySept 2018	Create the community and engage all partners around a shared research question	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Networking to foster relationships and community creation ● Sharing of companies’ challenge ● Community workshop to align over a shared research question ● Preliminary individual meetings between the Research Team and the following to start framing the research and the project to be performed
	Establishing Collaborative Inquiry mechanisms and activities	2 monthsSept 2018 Nov 2018	With each company:Understanding of the company's innovation problem Establish basic commitment for a collaboration projectMutual education about expectation from the project	Research Team and companies' referee	● Preliminary dialogues with managers about common areas of interest ● Company visit to better emphasize with the company environment and organization ● Mutual education about the company culture and expectations for the research project ● Exploration of different research design and methods ● Initial decision about the timeline of the research project and agreement about the data collection process and tools
	Developing the Collaborative Inquiry design methods and process	2 monthsDec 2018 Jan 2019	Refining the research design methods, data collection, process and protocols	Research Team and companies' referee	● Development of data collection tools ● Setting of data collection timeline and procedure
	Mid Term event	1 dayMarch 2019	Share with the community the advancement in the research and preliminary results, and align over the next step	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Sharing of preliminary understanding of the research ● Sharing of companies’ project status and understanding ● Preliminary test of tools before of the deployment within the companies' organization ● Agreement on the next step for the second part of the research project
	Data collection and interpretation	4 monthsFeb 2019 May 2019	Companies' project development and data collection	Research Team, companies' referee and companies' employees engaged in the project	● Project roll out in each company (Mode 2) ● Contextual data gathering through qualitative (etnography, recordings, workshop materials) and quantitative (surveys) data (Mode 1) ● Preliminary data analysis
	Closing of companies' projects	3 monthsJune 2019 August 2019	Delivering impact in the companies	Research Team and companies' referee	For each company individually● Delivery of a final report including the project results ● Closing meeting with company management, results delivery and impact assessment
	Closing Event	1 daySept 2019	Sharing of final projects' and research results and understanding	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Sharing of research results and key learnings ● Sharing of companies' project results, impact and learning ● Defining the next step and preliminary framing of a new research question
Second Year Research Cycle	Year 2 Kick Off Meeting and initial Collaborative Inquiry activities	1 daySept 2019	Create the community and engage all partners around a shared research question	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Networking to foster relationships and community creation ● Sharing of companies’ challenge ● Community workshop to align over a shared research question ● Workshop and roundtables to start framing the research and the project to be performed
	Establishing Collaborative Inquiry mechanism and activities	3 monthsSept 2019 Dec 2019	With each company:Understanding of the company's innovation problem Establish basic commitment for a collaboration projectMutual education about expectation from the project	Research Team and companies' referee	● Preliminary dialogues with managers about common areas of interest ● Mutual education about the company culture and expectations for the research project ● Exploration of different research design and methods ● Initial decision about the timeline of the research project and agreement about the data collection process and tools
	Developing the Collaborative Inquiry design methods and process	2 monthsJan 2020 Mar 2020	Refining the research design methods, data collection, process and protocols	Research Team and companies' referee	● Development and test of data collection tools ● Setting of data collection timeline and procedure
	Mid Term event	1 dayMarch 2020	Share with the community the advancement in the research, testing of the tools developed, and align over the next step	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Sharing of preliminary understanding of the research ● Preliminary test of tools before of the deployment within the companies' organization ● Agreement on the next step for the second part of the research project
	Data collection and interpretation	4 monthsFeb 2020 July 2020	Companies' project development and data collection	Research Team, companies' referee and companies' employees engaged in the project	● Project roll out in each company (Mode 2) ● Contextual data gathering through qualitative (etnography, recordings, workshop materials) and quantitative (surveys) data (Mode 1) ● Preliminary data analysis
	Closing of companies' projects	3 monthsJune 2020 August 2020	Delivering impact in the companies	Research Team and companies' referee	● For each company individually ● Delivery of a final report including the project results ● Closing meeting with company management, results delivery and impact assessment
	Closing Event	1 daySept 2020	Sharing of final projects and research results and understanding	Research Team and companies’ representatives (2 managers for each company)	● Sharing of research results and key learnings ● Sharing of companies' project results, impact and learning ● Defining the next step and preliminary framing of a new research question

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