Orchestrating knowledge as a resource: exploring innovation project in business network

Following the previous calls for understanding the role of orchestrators in innovation networks, the study aims to shed light on their role in knowledge development in innovation processes. The study gathers on Europe's heightened focus on the challenges of "Active Ageing" considering the projected increase in the elderly population by 2050, which unfolds new orchestrators in innovation networks. The study aims to shed light on their political, economic, and technological domains. A qualitative approach is adopted as the study is exploratory. The methodology is centred on using the industrial network approach to investigate the role of orchestrators in the innovation process. A comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted involvement of the intended network's actors across various settings of the innovation process is crucial for managing knowledge effectively, underscoring the pivotal role of the orchestrator in facilitating the exchange of knowledge between the actors. The study offers a distinctive approach to comprehending the intricacies of innovation processes by integrating the ARA model and the Developing-Producing-Using (DPU) under the industrial network approach. This integration unveils an original framework for understanding actors as orchestrators and their influence on knowledge as a resource throughout the innovation process