01814nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245008900055210006900144260004200213300001000255490000600265520111900271653002001390653002801410653001501438653003201453653002401485100003101509700001801540856003801558       2019                        eng d  a1927-032100aUsing Action Research to Organize Technology Transfer in Complex Innovation Contexts0 aUsing Action Research to Organize Technology Transfer in Complex  aOttawabTalent First Networkc04/2019  a17-260 v93 aTechnology transfer projects increasingly consist of multiple, diverse organizations, with each pursuing their own agenda as well as that of the overarching programme. In this article, we adopt a participatory action research methodology in order to explain and improve the coordination of the autonomous innovation activities within an organizationally complex project. The context of the research involved the transfer of rice production technology from China to Mozambique. The action research identified four categories of boundary within the project that were hindering performance: Intellectual/Land property rights; Public/Private sector logics; Inside/Outside programme; and Collaboration/Competition between programme actors. The process of co-inquiry with stakeholders enabled by the action research allowed programme actors to reach an understanding of others, and it created a new thinking space for mutual problem solving. By these means, the action research process makes a resource of the differences between stakeholders rather than it being seen as a barrier to be compromised through negotiation.10aaction research10aagricultural innovation10aboundaries10ainternational collaboration10atechnology transfer1 aUssivane, Armando, Machevo1 aEllwood, Paul  uhttps://timreview.ca/article/1230