TY - JOUR T1 - Living Labs as Open-Innovation Networks JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2012 A1 - Seppo Leminen A1 - Mika Westerlund A1 - Anna-Greta Nyström KW - co-creation KW - innovation KW - living labs KW - networks KW - Open innovation AB - Living labs bring experimentation out of companies’ R&D departments to real-life environments with the participation and co-creation of users, partners, and other parties. This study discusses living labs as four different types of networks characterized by open innovation: utilizer-driven, enabler-driven, provider-driven, and user-driven. The typology is based on interviews with the participants of 26 living labs in Finland, Sweden, Spain, and South Africa. Companies can benefit from knowing the characteristics of each type of living lab; this knowledge will help them to identify which actor drives the innovation, to anticipate likely outcomes, and to decide what kind of role they should play while "living labbing". Living labs are networks that can help them create innovations that have a superior match with user needs and can be upscaled promptly to the global market. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 2 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/602 IS - 9 U1 - Laurea University of Applied Sciences and Aalto University Seppo Leminen, D. Sc. (Econ.), Lic. Tech., holds positions as Principal Lecturer at the Laurea University of Applied Sciences and Adjunct Professor in the Aalto University School of Business in Finland. Seppo holds a doctoral degree in Marketing from the Hanken School of Economics and a licentiate degree in Information Technology at the Helsinki University of Technology. His research and consultation interests include value co-creation and capture with users as well as relationships, services, and business models in marketing. He runs various living lab and business model projects relating to ICT. U2 - Carleton University Mika Westerlund, D. Sc. (Econ.) is an Assistant Professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics. His doctoral research focused on software firms’ business models and his current research interests include open innovation, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries. U3 - Åbo Akademi University Anna-Greta Nyström, D. Sc. (Econ.) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business and Economics at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. Anna-Greta holds a doctoral degree in International Marketing from the School of Business and Economics at Åbo Akademi University. Her doctoral research focused on industry change in the Finnish telecommunications sector, with a special focus on technological convergence. Anna-Greta’s current research interests include business-to-business branding, consumer behaviour in high-tech industries, and changing media-consumption patterns. ER -