01500nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245008500055210006900140260004200209300001000251490000600261520080000267653001501067653001601082653001301098653002301111653001601134653001401150653001401164100002301178700002101201856003601222       2015                        eng d  a1927-032100aThe Organization of Living Labs: Coordinating Activities for Regional Innovation0 aOrganization of Living Labs Coordinating Activities for Regional  aOttawabTalent First Networkc09/2015  a23-280 v53 aThis article contributes to the ongoing knowledge from the first decade of operating living labs with a study on the coordination of novel innovation activities in living labs. The article provides an organizational model for living labs to order the activities that eventually will allow the conceptualization of living labs as innovation systems, thus giving user involvement a more central role in innovation process theories. This article shows how innovation networks systematically align their activities to reliably achieve their objectives. Next to this interpretivist theoretical contribution, the article contributes relevant practical insights to technology innovation management practitioners based on in-depth living lab cases that exhibit interesting, relevant, and new activities.10aactivities10aco-creation10aideation10ainnovation systems10aliving labs10aprocesses10aventuring1 aKatzy, Bernhard, R1 aBücker, Claudia  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/92702003nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245011000055210006900165260004200234300001000276490000600286520129600292653002401588653002801612653003201640100001901672700001501691700002301706700002001729856003601749       2013                        eng d  a1927-032100aFrom Ideas to Opportunities: Exploring the Construction of Technology-Based Entrepreneurial Opportunities0 aFrom Ideas to Opportunities Exploring the Construction of Techno  aOttawabTalent First Networkc06/2013  a13-200 v33 aThe transformation of business ideas into market opportunities is at the core of entrepreneurship. Nevertheless, the complexity of such a transformative process is seen to change depending on the variables influencing the opportunity-entrepreneur nexus. Although technology-entrepreneurship is regarded as a force of change and dynamism in socio-economic growth, it also depends upon an intricate process of opportunity development. The interest in understanding better how technology-based entrepreneurs simultaneously cope with technological uncertainty while trying to gain stakeholder support and access to resources, highlights a relevant research gap. The research described in this article uses the constructivist view to deepen our understanding of the technology-based entrepreneur’s conceptualization of the opportunity as a process of social construction. Our results show how initial consensus-building efforts and iteration with knowledgeable peers are an essential part of the emergence of the opportunity, changing both entrepreneur's and stakeholders' perceptions of the early business idea. Consequently, our results provide evidence in support of policy programs and measures that favour social-construction support mechanisms to foster technology-based entrepreneurship.10aconstructivist view10aentrepreneurship policy10atechnology entrepreneurship1 aGiones, Ferran1 aZhou, Zhao1 aMiralles, Francesc1 aKatzy, Bernhard  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/69201668nas a2200193   4500008003900000022001400039245005300053210005300106260004200159300001000201490000600211520111900217653003001336653002001366653001601386653001601402100002001418856003601438       2012                          d  a1927-032100aDesigning Viable Business Models for Living Labs0 aDesigning Viable Business Models for Living Labs  aOttawabTalent First Networkc09/2012  a19-240 v23 aOver 300 regions have integrated the concept of living labs into their economic development strategy since 2006, when the former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho launched the living lab innovation policy initiative during his term of European presidency. Despite motivating initial results, however, success cases of turning research into usable new products and services remain few and uncertainty remains on what living labs actually do and contribute. This practitioner-oriented article presents a business excellence model that shows processes of idea creation and team mobilization, new product development, user involvement, and entrepreneurship through which living labs deliver high-potential investment opportunities. Customers of living labs are identified as investors such as venture capitalists or industrial firms because living labs can generate revenue from them to create their own sustainable business model. The article concludes that living labs provide extensive support “lab” infrastructure and that it remains a formidable challenge to finance it, which calls for a more intensive debate.10abusiness excellence model10abusiness models10aco-creation10aliving labs1 aKatzy, Bernhard  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/604