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 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 …

The notion of 'ecosystems' provides an attractive metaphor to describe a range of value
creating interactions and relationships between sets of interconnected organizations. First …

Innovation ecosystem is an increasingly popular but all too often ambiguously utilized
concept across academia, policy and business. In their recent well-argued critique of the …

Publications pushing the “innovation ecosystem” meme have added valuable dimensions to
the economic development discussion. The phrase has captured the imagination of policy …

Purpose The rapid adoption of the ecosystem concept in innovation contexts has led to a
proliferation of differing uses. Scholars need to be crystal clear which concept of the …

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 purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive and useful typology of innovation
ecosystems. While recent conceptual efforts have been allocated to delineating innovation …

Purpose The ecosystem perspective on innovation and business has emerged as the secret
sauce of innovative organizations. While its theoretical foundations are premised on …

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THE ACM | APRIL 2018 | VOL. 61 | NO. 4 viewpoints advantage of both economies of scale …