Innovation Ecosystem Research Articles

The Evolving Role of Strategic Leadership in (Platform-Based) Innovation Ecosystem

The Evolving Role of Strategic Leadership in (Platform-Based) Innovation Ecosystem

Dealing with Interaction Challenges in Innovation Ecosystems: Unfolding Complementors’ Capabilities

Dealing with Interaction Challenges in Innovation Ecosystems: Unfolding Complementors’ Capabilities

Context-Driven Innovation Ecosystem: The Environmentally Sustainable Innovation of Power Battery

Context-Driven Innovation Ecosystem: The Environmentally Sustainable Innovation of Power Battery

Assessing the efficiency of the technological innovation ecosystem in China

Assessing the efficiency of the technological innovation ecosystem in China

Seeking Symbiosis: Navigating Tensions within Nested Innovation Ecosystems

Seeking Symbiosis: Navigating Tensions within Nested Innovation Ecosystems

Regional Innovation Ecosystem in China: Concept, Structure and Evolution

Regional Innovation Ecosystem in China: Concept, Structure and Evolution

Orchestrating Resources and Social Innovation Ecosystems

Orchestrating Resources and Social Innovation Ecosystems

Re-Examining Innovation Ecosystem S-Curves: Network Effects and the Pace of Technology Substitution

Re-Examining Innovation Ecosystem S-Curves: Network Effects and the Pace of Technology Substitution

How Interactions Among Peripheral and Central Actors Shape Action in Health Innovation Ecosystems.

How Interactions Among Peripheral and Central Actors Shape Action in Health Innovation Ecosystems.

Government support, employee structure and organisational digital innovation: Evidence from China

Digital innovation activities are data-driven, and the process of organizational digital innovation is inevitably influenced by their key participants, employees, as well as changes in the social institutional environment. How government support and employee structure impact organisational digital innovation was examined in this study. Since digital innovation activities are data-driven, the mediating role of data flows within digital innovation ecosystems was explored. A quantitative research design was employed, and data were collected by a survey from 299 firms in China. Results of structural equation modelling using SPSS and AMOS reveal that government support for enterprises in terms of policies and services, as well as the employee structure within enterprises, have a direct impact on organisational digital innovation. Data flows within digital innovation ecosystems mediate the relationship between government support and organisational digital innovation activities. Our findings provided evidence for theories of digital innovation ecosystems and employee-driven digital innovation. The results and conclusions in this study can provide reference for enterprises to achieve digital innovation breakthroughs, and for policymakers to formulate digital-related policies and regulations.

Catalysing gender transformation in research through engaging African science granting councils

Science investments should benefit everyone; however, research still predominantly lacks gender integration, resulting in incomplete findings and inequitable outcomes. Moreover, despite some progress, gender disparities persist in the research workforce. Research funders, including science granting councils, are pivotal in driving gender transformation through shaping knowledge production and research infrastructure. We report on key findings from the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Gender Equality and Inclusivity (GEI) Project – a multi-year participatory intervention aimed at strengthening the capacities of councils to integrate GEI across their functions. Participating councils were located in 13 African countries, and their actions spanned four domains: building organisational GEI infrastructure; reshaping norms, practices, and power relations that perpetuate gender inequality; implementing targeted measures to address women’s unequal access to resources and research opportunities; and promoting collective ownership of efforts to advance GEI in the research and innovation ecosystem.

Managing inter-organizational dependencies operation for discovering digital business model innovation in corporate innovation ecosystem

Managing inter-organizational dependencies operation for discovering digital business model innovation in corporate innovation ecosystem

EU experience in regional distribution of science and innovation funding

Regional allocation of R&I funding in the European Union is an important tool for stimulating economic growth and social development in different regions. This article explores the EU's experience in regional funding of science and innovation, identifying key trends, challenges and good practices. The regional approach to funding science and innovation aims to reduce disparities in regional development, support less developed regions, and facilitate the integration of different regions into the European research area. At the same time, there are significant challenges related to the uneven distribution of funding, insufficient institutional capacity of regional bodies and lack of coordination between different funding programmes. The paper analyses the impact of R&I investments on regional development, especially in the context of the growing role of intangible assets and digital technologies. The results of the study highlight the need to further improve funding mechanisms, enhance the institutional capacity of regions, and increase coordination between different funding programmes. This would ensure a more equitable distribution of resources and help to increase the competitiveness of less developed regions. For Ukraine, an understanding of the European regional distribution of funding for science and innovation can be very important for its successful integration into the European Research Area, contributing to improving the quality of education and science, strengthening the innovation ecosystem, optimising resource allocation and increasing Ukraine's competitiveness on the international stage.

Navigating the Startup Innovation Ecosystem: Strategies for Effective External Resource Management

This research examines how innovation ecosystems facilitate startup innovation across the creation, development, and market phases. We analyze the roles of diverse ecosystem actors, emphasizing their contributions to resource dynamics using the case method approach. Semi-structured interview-based data was analyzed using content analysis. The study revealed the significance of the strategy of using external resources for the success of startups. During the creation phase, non-market-oriented entities like universities and incubators support startups with crucial early-stage R&D funding and business model formulation. In the development phase, startups refine their products with backing from accelerators, investors, and customers, utilizing innovation resources for prototyping and validation, and transitioning into the market phase, startups scale operations with market-oriented actors, focusing on organizational readiness and leveraging established business models for growth. Throughout these phases, startups balance exploration and exploitation strategies, enabling innovation ambidexterity. Our findings highlight how innovation ecosystem actors provide essential resources—physical, social, financial, and human—that foster startup resilience and maturity. Grounded in the Resource-Based View framework, this study offers empirical insights into strategic adaptations within innovation ecosystems, illustrating their transformative impact on startup success.<

Genesis of regional innovation ecosystems: review and modern interpretation

The article deals with problems in the application of the innovative ecosystem concept. The research is based on systems theory, innovation system theory, the theory of regional innovation systems, and the concept of open innovation. The purpose of the study is to determine the theoretical basis for applying the ecosystem concept to the development of innovation systems in regions. In the course of the study the preconditions for the formation of innovative ecosystems in the regions (acceleration of innovation; complexity of the innovation process and interdisciplinary approach to innovation; application of the concept of open innovation; acceleration of introducing the innovation to the market; possibility of functional complementarity and cooperation; possibility of joint and more efficient use of resources and infrastructure; regional differentiation; innovation risks sharing) were identified. During the work the approaches to the concept of innovation ecosystem that reflect the multidimensionality of innovation ecosystems were revealed. The article clarifies the features of the innovative ecosystems (complexity, openness, interdependence and complementarity of elements, dynamism, non-linearity) and the innovative ecosystems principles (emergence, synergy, adaptability, self-development, sustainability, self-organization, co-evolution). The study highlights the mechanisms of interactions among subjects of the innovation ecosystem (cooperation, competition, coordination, regulation, joint management) that lead to a synergetic effect for the actors of the innovation ecosystem. The obtained results systematize knowledge about innovative ecosystems and form a theoretical basis for the features of their formation and development in the regions, which can find practical application when identifying instruments of regional innovation policy.

Governance path of the digital innovation ecosystem in advanced manufacturing cluster: a case study of China’s Tai-Xin Integrated Economic Zone

Governance path of the digital innovation ecosystem in advanced manufacturing cluster: a case study of China’s Tai-Xin Integrated Economic Zone

The construction of innovative blocks and innovative cities under high-quality development in the new era

Under the new pattern of high-quality development stage, this paper closely combines the national innovation-driven development strategy and the new trend of international innovation center city construction, aiming to promote the construction and development of China's innovative blocks and innovative cities. Through in-depth comparison and analysis of the practice of innovative urban construction at home and abroad, combined with the shortcomings and shortcomings of the current innovative city construction, this paper proposes a synergistic development of urban renewal and innovative blocks. This framework aims to realize the goal of high-quality development of the city, to nurture more science and technology enterprises and knowledge-based talents, and to promote the virtuous cycle of the innovation system. At the same time, this paper emphasizes the synergistic strengthening of both "hard facilities" and "soft environment" to optimize the innovation ecosystem, build an open innovation system, and strive to create a global innovation highland. This study not only reflects the innovative concepts and decision-making wisdom in the field of management, but also provides new ideas and strategies for urban innovation and high-quality development.

Delivering sustainable development via social innovation: Cases of social entrepreneurship in South Korea and Singapore

AbstractSocial innovation is a useful mechanism to address unmet needs in local societies and tackle wicked problems through innovative products and services. Policymakers and practitioners have increasingly become interested in effective policies and strategies for facilitating social innovation to deliver sustainable development; however, a lack of coherent analytical framework persists. To address this gap, we propose the Social Innovation System framework, by adapting the Technological Innovation Systems approach widely used in innovation management and policy. Providing a holistic and comprehensive perspective to explore complex interactions among different actors and institutions involved in social innovation, our framework allows more systematic understanding of the development of social entrepreneurship and relevant ecosystems. We employ this framework to analyze social innovation ecosystems in South Korea and Singapore. The results indicate systemic challenges to overcome owing to the collective and interactive nature of social innovation.

Panorama de pesquisas sobre ecossistemas de inovação:

Innovation ecosystems are composed of interconnected and interdependent network actors that shape scientific, technological and political-economic dynamics with high transformative capacity related to information and innovation. The study analyzes the panorama of research on “innovation ecosystems”, as a theme produced and communicated in scientific literature. As an exploratory and descriptive research, it uses the Dimensions database and VOSviewer network analysis software, for the collection, representation and inferential analysis of production and connection indicators on this topic. It demonstrates the exponential growth of publications on innovation ecosystems, its thematic coverage and its scope of emerging research highlighting themes such as technological transfer, digital transformation, internet, regional ecosystem and open innovation. Innovation ecosystems are configured as a transversal theme that allows for multilateral and complex theoretical approaches due to the broad and profound possibility of connecting other themes, concepts, contents and contexts of social production.

Research on the suitability and spatial and temporal evolution of innovation environment niche suitability of regional innovation ecosystem under digitalization

Research on the suitability and spatial and temporal evolution of innovation environment niche suitability of regional innovation ecosystem under digitalization