TY - JOUR
T1 - Coordination and Participation in Living Lab Networks
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2013
A1 - Seppo Leminen
KW - bottom-up
KW - coordination
KW - enabler-driven
KW - exhalation-dominated
KW - inhalation-dominated
KW - innovation approach
KW - Living lab
KW - living lab network
KW - Open innovation
KW - open innovation network
KW - participation
KW - provider-driver
KW - top-down
KW - User-driven
KW - utilizer-driven
AB - Previous research on living labs has emphasized the importance of users and a real-life environment. However, the existing scholarly discourse lacks understanding of innovation mechanisms in diverse living lab networks, especially from the perspectives of coordination and participation. This study addresses the research gaps by constructing a framework for analyzing coordination (i.e., top-down versus bottom-up) and participation (i.e., inhalation-dominated versus exhalation-dominated) approaches in living lab networks. The classification is based on a literature review and an analysis of 26 living labs in four countries. Given that inhalation and exhalation dominance have not been discussed previously in the innovation literature, the study provides novel ways for both scholars and managers wishing to exploit or explore innovations in living labs. The framework reveals the opportunities for practitioners of innovation with respect to coordination and participation in living lab networks.
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 3
UR - http://timreview.ca/article/740
IS - 11
U1 - Laurea University of Applied Sciences
Seppo Leminen holds positions as Principal Lecturer at the Laurea University of Applied Sciences and Adjunct Professor in the School of Business at Aalto University in Finland. He holds a doctoral degree in Marketing from the Hanken School of Economics and a licentiate degree in Information Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology (now the School of Electrical Engineering at Aalto University). His doctoral research focused on perceived differences and gaps in buyer-seller relationships in the telecommunication industry. His research and consulting interests include living labs, open innovation, value co-creation and capture with users, neuromarketing, relationships, services, and business models in marketing as well as management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries. Results from his research have been reported in numerous scholarly journals, including Management Decision, the International Journal of Product Development, and the Technology Innovation Management Review, among many others.
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