@article {1142, title = {Value Creation in the Internet of Things: Mapping Business Models and Ecosystem Roles}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {8}, year = {2018}, month = {03/2018}, pages = {5-15}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {The increasing connectivity provided by the Internet of Things (IoT) supports novel business opportunities for actors in overlapping service systems. Therefore, the co-creative nature of IoT business needs to be further studied. This article reports an empirical study on a European IoT initiative. It contributes to the understudied area of IoT ecosystem dynamics by describing different actor roles and activities in the IoT use cases, and their implications for value creation in IoT ecosystems. Our findings show how IoT ecosystem actors may take the roles of ideator, designer, or intermediary in different IoT design layers, and we recommend this perspective to better understand and describe ecosystem business models. We also discuss the theoretical and managerial implications of our findings.}, keywords = {business model, ecosystem, Internet of Things, role, value co-creation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1142}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/1142}, author = {Heini Ik{\"a}valko and Petra Turkama and Anssi Smedlund} } @article {605, title = {Living Labs for Cross-Border Systemic Innovation}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {09/2012}, pages = {25-30}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Innovation is increasingly taking place in cross-border collaborative networks, which are shaped by the characteristics of systemic innovation, the strategies and objectives of main actors, and the dynamics of the innovation process. Participation in such networks is of high importance for small firms, but requires long-term investments and a diverse range of collaboration and innovation capabilities. This article explores how living labs, understood as innovation projects based on open and user-centric innovation methodologies, can form collaboration networks to support small firms and other actors to engage in cross-border collaboration and to accelerate the development and acceptance of innovations. Based on the lessons learned from a major living lab project, APOLLON, we conclude that adopting the living labs networking approach requires thorough understanding of each party{\textquoteright}s objectives and drivers, the alignment of operational processes, establishment of open and collaborative culture, as well as competences, methods, and tools for supporting cooperation and community building. }, keywords = {collaboration, innovation, living labs, networks, systemic}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/605}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/605}, author = {Hans Schaffers and Petra Turkama} }