@article {1253, title = {The Ecosystem Knowledge Explorer: A Tool to Systematically Discover External Knowledge}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {9}, year = {2019}, month = {07/2019}, pages = {28-40}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {It is crucial for any organization to discover knowledge from ecosystem-specific sources of knowledge that are considered external to the organization. Since knowledge exploration is a resource-intensive task for organizations, untimely or excessive knowledge exploration have detrimental impacts on the innovativeness and competitiveness of organizations. The benefits of performance measurement and management tools for knowledge management in organizations have been known for many years now. Therefore, the application of similar tools in ecosystems may enable actors to have access to valuable external knowledge. However, there is a paucity of such tools in management scholarship. The purpose of this study is to bridge this gap by proposing a conceptual tool {\textendash} the Ecosystem Knowledge (EK) Explorer, which generates insightful knowledge for ecosystem actors using codified technical knowledge (e.g., scientific publications and patents). Not only does the EK Explorer reduce the uncertainty and fuzziness of the knowledge exploration phase for ecosystem actors, it also enables them to save resources and have access to strategic knowledge regarding competition, collaboration, technology management, and policy making in ecosystems. Bibliometric analysis, social network analysis, and text mining were used to conceptualize the constructs and measurable variables of the EK Explorer. }, keywords = {ecosystem, knowledge management, performance measurement, social network analysis, text mining}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1253}, url = {https://timreview.ca/article/1253}, author = {Behrooz Khademi} } @article {1250, title = {Editorial: Insights (July 2019)}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {9}, year = {2019}, month = {07/2019}, pages = {3-4}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, keywords = {accelerators, adoption, Africa, architecture, business ecosystems, business models, design, digital payments, entrepreneurship, incubators, Innovation management, ISPIM, knowledge management}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1250}, url = {https://timreview.ca/article/1250}, author = {Chris McPhee} } @article {1106, title = {Q\&A. How Do Digital Platforms for Ideas, Technologies, and Knowledge Transfer Act as Enablers for Digital Transformation?}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {7}, year = {2017}, month = {09/2017}, pages = {55-60}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, keywords = {digital platforms, digitization, enablers, knowledge management, Open innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1106}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/1106}, author = {Mokter Hossain and Astrid Heidemann Lassen} } @article {750, title = {From Idea Crowdsourcing to Managing User Knowledge}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {3}, year = {2013}, month = {12/2013}, pages = {23-31}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {This article explores how technology companies can benefit from user knowledge in product and service innovation beyond mere idea generation through crowdsourcing. We investigate a case from the telecommunications sector to discover the ways a company can overcome the challenges of motivating users to participate in innovation activity and gaining from their knowledge in the innovation process. In particular, we seek to learn how the company has created understanding about the future uses of technology and the developments of the market with the lead users. In addition, we analyze the key means of capturing value from the knowledge gathered from the users, including the essential organizational practices that support user innovation and the ways the company makes sense of the vast volume and variety of user knowledge. Our empirical inquiry increases the understanding of how technology companies can complement and use crowdsourcing to effectively utilize knowledge resident in user communities. }, keywords = {crowdsourcing, knowledge management, lead users, online communities, user innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/750}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/750}, author = {Risto Rajala and Mika Westerlund and Mervi Vuori and Jukka-Pekka Hares} }