Test beds and living labs have emerged as a prominent approach to foster innovation
across geographical regions and technical domains. They feed on the popular “grand …

Since their official launch in 2006, over one hundred Living Labs have been established and
networked to tackle Europe's declining economic competitiveness and societal challenges …

We perform a comparative case analysis of four working Living Labs to identify their
common functions. Theoretically, we ground our analysis in terms of how they function, their …

The importance and benefits of open innovation networks are widely accepted. Enterprises
and other organisations are increasingly utilizing a variety of open innovation networks in …

In an age defined by computational innovation, testing seems to have become ubiquitous,
and tests are routinely deployed as a form of governance, a marketing device, an instrument …

Living Labs and innovation labs share a lot of common traits and characteristics and are
both linked to the public sector, but appear in separated literature streams. Both concepts …

Innovation development is key to transforming a product-based economy into an innovative
service economy by integrating users as co-creators in real-life environments. User co …

In today's ongoing urbanization and escalating climate change, there is an increasing
demand on cities to be innovative and inclusive to handle these emerging issues. As an …

Many cities engage in diverse experimentation, innovation, and development activities with
a broad variety of environments and stakeholders to the benefit of citizens, companies …

This open access book examines the role of pilot and demonstration projects as crucial
devices for conducting innovation in the context of the energy transition. Bridging literature …