@article {1038, title = {Profiling Regional Innovation Ecosystems as Functional Collaborative Systems: The Case of Cambridge}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {6}, year = {2016}, month = {12/2016}, pages = {6-25}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {It has been widely recognized that the national and regional development of innovation ecosystems has been a relatively successful model for regional revitalization, bringing together key actors to perform the relevant technology-driven development processes. The ecosystems have been organized and combine readily public sector interests with private sector business-oriented actions. However, all regions are not uniformly successful, which leaves open the question of how to guide the sub-optimum regional systems closer to the front-runner position. Why do some score better than the others? This article presents both theoretical and practical evidence of global best practice in developing regional innovation hubs and renders a fully integrated innovation hub framework that defines a novel, holistic approach to managing these ecosystems. The framework is tested and validated through a selected case study of Cambridge, United Kingdom, identifying the key ecosystem elements that are necessary for building up a solid foundation for the innovative regions.}, keywords = {Cambridge, innovation ecosystem, management, orchestration, PPP, public{\textendash}private partnership, system thinking}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1038}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/1038}, author = {Jukka Viitanen} } @article {920, title = {Technological Public{\textendash}Private Innovation Networks: A Conceptual Framework Describing Their Structure and Mechanism of Interaction}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {5}, year = {2015}, month = {08/2015}, pages = {25-33}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Technological public{\textendash}private innovation networks, or TechPPINs, enable cooperation between public and private actors in a complex, dynamic, social, and interactive network structure. In this article, the literature on innovation networks is used to construct a conceptual framework that describes the structure and mechanism of interaction in technological public{\textendash}private innovation networks. In the framework, innovation is created through a dynamic process of interaction between the public and private actors along the network lifecycle. In each stage of network lifecycle, social capital enables various interactions to occur and different modes and quantities of knowledge and technological resources to be exchanged and reinforced. Through a combination of the product lifecycle model and social network analysis, the structure of technological public-private innovation networks are examined at each stage of the lifecycle to reveal information about how the roles of public and private actors are embodied. }, keywords = {conceptual framework, innovation networks, network lifecycle, networks, public{\textendash}private partnership, social network analysis, technological public{\textendash}private innovation networks, TechPPINs}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/920}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/920}, author = {Rabeh Morrar} }