In this paper, we explore the relevance of the term “innovation ecosystem” to describe
dynamic collaborative networks of people and organizations formed around projects with an …

The concept of an 'innovation ecosystem'is increasingly used to describe collectives of
heterogeneous, yet complementary organizational actors who jointly create some kind of …

The innovation ecosystem construct has emerged as a promising approach in the literature
on strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship. It draws upon former business ecosystem …

The concept of innovation ecosystems has become popular during the last 15 years, leading
to a debate regarding its relevance and conceptual rigor, not the least in this journal. The …

Despite the many recent discussions on “innovation ecosystems” as well as on open
innovation or other co-innovation models, a more in-depth understanding of the multi-actor …

Path-breaking innovations are increasingly developed and commercialized by networks of
co-creating actors, called innovation ecosystems. Previous work in this area demonstrates …

The fierce competitive status of the business world has urged innovation activities to
transform from mechanistic to ecological and organic. An innovation ecosystem consists of …

Purpose Innovation ecosystems have not been defined univocally. The authors compare the
different approaches to innovation ecosystems in the literature, the link with open innovation …

This chapter adopts a problem-solving perspective to analyze the competitive dynamics of
innovation ecosystems. We argue that features such as uncertainty, complexity, and …

This paper explores the regional innovation ecosystem (RIE) in an effort to fully understand
its static and dynamic nature. We investigate how organisations coevolve within an …