Constituents of Innovation Ecosystems

The Emerald Insight site posted a summary of a study which compared the different approaches to innovation ecosystems in the literature, the connection with open innovation, the value creating and value capturing processes in innovation ecosystems, and the need to orchestrate them properly. The paper provides a concise overview of the state of the art in innovation ecosystem thinking.  Some papers look at the connection with open innovation, and others at the value creating and value capturing processes in innovation ecosystems, the role of orchestrators, etc. The authors  provide an overview about the industries, the level of analysis, the central focus of the research, the main actors in the networks and the success factors.

Click here to read the summary.

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