%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2021 %T The Role of Digital Platforms in Resident-Centric Housing Concepts %A Inka Lappalainen %A Maija Federley %K digital platforms %K housing %K platform design %K platform ecosystems %K S-D logic %K value creation and capture %X Platform-enabled services targeted to make everyday life easier have become increasingly available in recent decades, which in some cases challenge traditional ways of owning and working. However, comprehensive data-driven value creation opportunities, which are seamlessly connected to various needs in the everyday life of citizens or residents, are still largely untapped and unstudied. This article investigates value creation opportunities for holistic housing concepts with related ecosystems designed to combine the physical environment of residents along with a digital platform. The novelty of this study builds on a holistic understanding of value co-creation in housing, enabled by digital platforms at the ecosystem level. The empirical study focuses on a qualitative multi-case study of four holistic and resident-centric service concepts, which all include digital platforms. The main findings are concluded as follows: First, digital platforms enable various value creation opportunities in resident-centric housing concepts and related ecosystems. Second, exploring strategic choices regarding competitiveness, innovation, and growth revealed that digital platforms played various roles such as informative, supportive, integrative, or even embedded in novel housing as a service platform concepts, which call for totally new orchestration and business models across traditional industrial and ecosystem boundaries. Third, in light of the basic mechanisms for ensuring competitiveness and growth in data and a platform economy, we identify two main alternative strategic approaches. The findings serve both practitioners and researchers exploring opportunities of a platform economy, with a particular benefit for those in largely unstudied housing markets. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 11 %P 45-58 %8 12/2021 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1473 %N 11-12 %1 VTT Foresight Inka Lappalainen M.Sc. (Ed), eMBA works as a Senior Scientist at VTT Foresight and data economy research area. She joined VTT in 2000, where she has gained broad-based expertise in strategic renewal and service business transformation, in addition to innovation management and design thinking in various industries. During the last five years, she has focused on new value co-creation opportunities enabled by data and platform economy for various actors in ecosystems, particularly in the fields of smart built environment and smart living. Her diverse publications serve both scientific audiences and practitioners. %2 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Maija Federley M.Sc. (Tech) works as a Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Her research interests include user-centricity, data-driven solutions, and business strategies. During her 11-year career at VTT, she has worked in projects focusing on digitalization, environmental sustainability, and service business development in multi-stakeholder contexts, including the fields of built environment, automated driving, and the public sector. %& 45 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1473 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2016 %T Urban Living Labs for Sustainability in Suburbs in Need of Modernization and Social Uplift %A Katarina Buhr %A Maija Federley %A Anja Karlsson %K city %K Living lab %K suburb %K sustainability %K urban %X A number of urban living labs have been set up in recent years, with the aim of developing innovation processes within a multi-stakeholder partnership in an urban context. Several urban living labs focus on sustainable development, which is a visible and urgent issue in less valued suburbs in need of modernization and social uplift. We argue that, when applying the living labs approach in the context of sustainable development in suburbs, the primary focus should be society’s collective goals, as expressed through municipalities and users. The aim of this article is to show examples of how urban living labs can be applied in less valued suburbs in order to contribute to sustainability based on societal goals. We build on analyses from the research project SubUrbanLab, where urban living labs were set up in Alby and Peltosaari, two suburban areas in Sweden and Finland, respectively. We draw lessons regarding how to use urban living labs for sustainable development in order to create favourable conditions for ongoing engagement with the municipality and users towards long-term sustainability. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 6 %P 27-34 %8 01/2016 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/958 %N 1 %1 IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute Katarina Buhr is a Social Scientist at IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute. She holds a PhD in Business Administration (Organization and Management) from Uppsala University in Sweden and has been a post-doctoral researcher at Linköping University in Sweden. She has worked in several research projects related to urban sustainable development and has published widely on policy processes and public engagement in the environmental and sustainability field. In SubUrbanLab, she was particularly involved in the evaluation and scientific writing activities for the urban living labs in Alby, Sweden. %2 VTT Technical Research Centre Maija Federley is a Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. She holds a Master of Science degree in technology from Helsinki University of Technology (currently Aalto University) in Finland. She has worked in several research projects related to co-development of digital services and environmental sustainability communication in stakeholder networks. In SubUrbanLab, she was particularly involved in designing and observing all urban living labs in Peltosaari, Finland, with a special interest in participatory methods and development of urban living lab practices and evaluation. %3 IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute Anja Karlsson has worked at IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute since 2011. She holds a BSc in Political Science and Environmental Science from Gothenburg University, Sweden and an MSc from Uppsala University, Sweden. Her studies have focused on stakeholder and public participation in local and national decision making. She has worked in research projects related to sustainable development in urban areas, focusing on social sustainability and the involvement of residents and other stakeholders in urban development. In SubUrbanLab, she was particularly involved in the urban living labs in Alby, Sweden, and the evaluation of the urban living labs. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/958