Despite their importance little is known about how innovation ecosystems come into
existence. We address this gap through an historical case study of Herceptin, a revolutionary …

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

Whilst research in innovation ecosystems has focused on the connectivity, interdependence,
and coevolution of actors, technologies, and institutions, there has been a gap in the study of …

This paper addresses recent calls to enhance our understanding of innovation ecosystem
genesis, focusing in particular on the roles that come to prominence during this important yet …

Understanding how innovation ecosystems emerge and can be sustained is an important
issue. However, the lack of sound relational analysis methods to explain such dynamics …

In order to gain deeper understanding of how innovation contributes to economic prosperity,
we offer an integrative framework, which consists of a theoretical model and a set of …

New technologies must be accompanied by institutional change. Innovative actors therefore
need to do institutional work or take a role as an institutional entrepreneur in order to shape …

For nearly a century, the key role of innovation in economic growth has been acknowledged
and studied. Today, innovations are increasingly understood as being embedded in …

Innovation ecosystems are built around new technologies, ideas, and innovations and their
supporting actors and structures. However, the emergence of ecosystems is constrained by …

Previous research has shown that formal networks can play a crucial role in the formation of
technological innovation systems (TIS). Firms and other actors collaborate in formal …