01640nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245007500055210006900130260004200199300001000241490000600251520096100257653001501218653001501233653001001248653001501258653001601273653001301289100002101302700001901323700001801342856003801360       2018                        eng d  a1927-032100aKey Constructs and a Definition of Living Labs as Innovation Platforms0 aKey Constructs and a Definition of Living Labs as Innovation Pla  aOttawabTalent First Networkc12/2018  a51-620 v83 aDespite the growing popularity of using living labs as innovation platforms and the increasing scholarly attention toward the topic, still relatively little is known about many of their central characteristics. We use a qualitative research approach to identify key constructs of living labs and to understand how these constructs show up in the operation of living labs. So doing, we used theoretical constructs from the literature on user innovation, co-creation, and living labs to analyze a sample of membership applications to the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). The results from the content analysis of 40 applications revealed nine key constructs that are characteristic to living labs: 1) objective, 2) governance, 3) openness, 4) stakeholders, 5) funding, 6) value, 7) communications, 8) infrastructure, and 9) methods. These key constructs provide new insight that helps us to provide a definition of living labs as innovation platforms.10aconstructs10adefinition10aENoLL10ainnovation10aliving labs10aplatform1 aWesterlund, Mika1 aLeminen, Seppo1 aHabib, Christ  uhttps://timreview.ca/article/1205