%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2015 %T The Grey Areas Between Open and Closed in Innovation Networks %A Seppo Leminen %A Taija Turunen %A Mika Westerlund %K closedness %K innovation %K innovation network %K Living lab %K Open innovation %K openness %X This study argues that there are different degrees of openness and closedness in innovation activity, and it highlights the need for more research on the "grey areas" between totally open and totally closed innovation, particularly in innovation networks where multiple stakeholders collaborate for innovation. Here, we focus on four key aspects of innovation networks, as characterized by their degrees of openness or closedness: governance, motivation, interaction, and innovation practices. The categorization is based on a review of theory and an empirical analysis of three distinct innovation networks, two of which represent the open living lab model, and one of which exemplifies the traditional closed innovation model. Our results can help managers improve efficiency in innovation networks by better understanding the grey areas between open and closed in innovation. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 5 %P 6-18 %8 12/2015 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/948 %N 12 %1 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 doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering and management in the School of Science at Aalto University. His research and consulting interests include living labs, open innovation, value co-creation and capture with users, relationships, services and business models in marketing, particularly in Internet of Things (IoT), as well as management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries. Results from his research have been reported in Industrial Marketing Management, the Journal of Technology and Engineering and Management, Management Decision, the International Journal of Technology Management, the International Journal of Technology Marketing, the International Journal of Product Development, and the Technology Innovation Management Review, among many others. %2 Aalto University Taija Turunen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Studies at Aalto University's School of Business in Finland. Taija holds a doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Aalto University's School of Science. During her academic career, Taija has managed several research projects in the area of service operations management and service innovation. Before joining academia, Taija worked as a management consultant in the field of industrial service operations. %3 Carleton University Mika Westerlund, DSc (Econ), is an Associate Professor at Carleton University 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 in Helsinki, Finland. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. His current research interests include open and user innovation, the Internet of Things, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/948