Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study the operation mechanism of the ecosystem of crowd innovation space. Though the crowd innovation space is a new product of China's innovation-driven strategy, there are some barriers in operation. So, this problem is worthy of study.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, data were obtained through four-month field investigation and semistructured interview, then classified and analyzed through grounded theory, because grounded theory is conducive to the exploration and discovery of new theories.FindingsThis study finds that the relationship between makerspace and entrepreneurs is strong social relational embeddedness. The relationship between crowd innovation space and governments and investment institutions is economic relational embeddedness. Under these social network ties, entrepreneurs, crowd innovation space, social investment institutions and so on can interact directly with each other to different degrees, carry out value cocreation activities and improve the benefits of all elements in the ecosystem and the ecosystem itself.Originality/valueThis study researches the operation mechanism of crowd innovation space ecosystem and identifies the ties between various elements in the ecosystem on the perspective of social network, which is conducive to improve the self-generating capacity of crowd innovation space and enhance the success rate of entrepreneurship.
Highlights
Since the 18th national congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s economy is undergoing a transformation from tradition to innovation; in the meantime, the economic growth rate has been shifted from high speed to medium-high speed
Based on the literature review, this study believes that the crowd innovation space is a center of the ecosystem with the goal of incubating innovation and entrepreneurship and connecting with the government, universities, enterprises, intermediary service organizations, social investment institutions and related environmental supporting elements in specific geographic space
Our researchers obtained first-hand information through face-to-face interviews with the founders or principals of crowd innovation spaces, sorted out the text of the recordings and selected effective sentences centering on the connection between the crowd innovation space and other elements of the ecosystem
Summary
Since the 18th national congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s economy is undergoing a transformation from tradition to innovation; in the meantime, the economic growth rate has been shifted from high speed to medium-high speed. Based on the literature review, this study believes that the crowd innovation space is a center of the ecosystem with the goal of incubating innovation and entrepreneurship and connecting with the government, universities, enterprises, intermediary service organizations, social investment institutions and related environmental supporting elements in specific geographic space. Our researchers obtained first-hand information through face-to-face interviews with the founders or principals of crowd innovation spaces, sorted out the text of the recordings and selected effective sentences centering on the connection between the crowd innovation space and other elements of the ecosystem It is of theoretical and practical significance to explore the internal operation mechanism of crowd innovation space ecosystem by means of grounded theory and three-level coding. 2.2 Data analysis and coding The researchers conducted open coding for 13 cases by using double-blind method, which was respectively by two researchers to conceptualization of raw data, in accordance with
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