Collaborative innovation in agrometeorology: coordination strategies to develop a monitoring IT system for Brazil.
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This case-study article presents the results from a morphology analysis of a knowledge and information network, focusing on the coordination mechanisms employed to generate a convergent arrangement. Agritempo was the first information system to offer (in 2003) free access to a broad range of agrometeorological data comprising all the Brazilian territory, representing an important technological innovation to the agricultural sector. To study this phenomenon an analytical framework of the Techno-Economic Network (TEN) and concepts from the Innovation Sociology field was employed. Results indicate that the durability of this arrangement ? from 2003 to 2014 ? can be explained by the effectiveness of the coordination strategies established in the network such as: trust based relationships; institutional and individual leadership actions; contracting; software applications and shared common working procedures.
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Agrometeorologia, Tecnologia da informação e comunicação, New technology, Meteorologia, Inovação, Agrometeorology, Information technology