Open Innovation Processes in Living Lab Innovation Systems: Insights from the LeYLab
Living labs have emerged on the crossroads of the open innovation and user innovation frameworks. As open innovation systems, living labs consist of various actors with each playing their specific role. Within this article, we will take an open innovation perspective by analyzing the knowledge spill...
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doaj-94492d17ca8d4e2ebecc6bda6f87e27f2020-11-25T01:06:10ZengCarleton UniversityTechnology Innovation Management Review1927-03212013-11-01November 2013: Living Labs2836Open Innovation Processes in Living Lab Innovation Systems: Insights from the LeYLabDimitri SchuurmanLieven De MarezPieter BallonLiving labs have emerged on the crossroads of the open innovation and user innovation frameworks. As open innovation systems, living labs consist of various actors with each playing their specific role. Within this article, we will take an open innovation perspective by analyzing the knowledge spill-overs between living lab actors through three in-depth innovation case studies taking place within the LeYLab living lab in Kortrijk, Belgium. The results illustrate how living labs foster the three open innovation processes of exploration, exploitation, and retention. From our analysis, we conclude that living labs are particularly useful for exploration and, to a lesser extent, exploitation. In terms of retention, living labs seem to hold a large potential; however, the success and the nature of the innovation processes depend on the sustainability of living labs, the number of innovation cases, and the alignment of these cases with the living lab infrastructure. Based on these findings, a concrete set of guidelines is proposed for innovating in living labs and for setting up a living lab constellation. http://timreview.ca/sites/default/files/article_PDF/Schuurman_et_al_TIMReview_November2013.pdfknowledge exchangeliving labsOpen innovationopen innovation networksuser innovation |
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Open Innovation Processes in Living Lab Innovation Systems: Insights from the LeYLab |
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Open Innovation Processes in Living Lab Innovation Systems: Insights from the LeYLab |
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Open Innovation Processes in Living Lab Innovation Systems: Insights from the LeYLab |
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open innovation processes in living lab innovation systems: insights from the leylab |
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Carleton University |
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Technology Innovation Management Review |
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1927-0321 |
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2013-11-01 |
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Living labs have emerged on the crossroads of the open innovation and user innovation frameworks. As open innovation systems, living labs consist of various actors with each playing their specific role. Within this article, we will take an open innovation perspective by analyzing the knowledge spill-overs between living lab actors through three in-depth innovation case studies taking place within the LeYLab living lab in Kortrijk, Belgium. The results illustrate how living labs foster the three open innovation processes of exploration, exploitation, and retention. From our analysis, we conclude that living labs are particularly useful for exploration and, to a lesser extent, exploitation. In terms of retention, living labs seem to hold a large potential; however, the success and the nature of the innovation processes depend on the sustainability of living labs, the number of innovation cases, and the alignment of these cases with the living lab infrastructure. Based on these findings, a concrete set of guidelines is proposed for innovating in living labs and for setting up a living lab constellation. |
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knowledge exchange living labs Open innovation open innovation networks user innovation |
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