Ecosystems have been present in the fields of economics and management for decades, and in recent years they have experienced rapid development. However, there is still no consensus on the definition of an innovation ecosystem. Using concrete examples, The Innovation Ecosystem as a Source of Value Creation proposes a unique model in order to refine the understanding, functions, advantages and disadvantages of innovation ecosystems. This model is based on both the iterative network and integrated value chain. The network supports the collaboration between actors and favors asset transfers…mehr
Ecosystems have been present in the fields of economics and management for decades, and in recent years they have experienced rapid development. However, there is still no consensus on the definition of an innovation ecosystem.
Using concrete examples, The Innovation Ecosystem as a Source of Value Creation proposes a unique model in order to refine the understanding, functions, advantages and disadvantages of innovation ecosystems. This model is based on both the iterative network and integrated value chain. The network supports the collaboration between actors and favors asset transfers articulated around the innovation process.
This book highlights the transfer processes at work in the innovation ecosystem, as well as the roles of the actors in this integrated value chain. It presents how value creation is articulated around knowledge to generate value shared by all of the actors in the innovation ecosystem.
Odile de Saint Julien is a senior strategy consultant and a professor at KEDGE BS, France. She explores the development of innovation ecosystems to create economic, technological and social value.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction xi
Chapter 1 Innovation Ecosystem: Definitions 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Definitions of innovation 1
1.3 Innovation clusters, business ecosystems, innovation ecosystems: what are the differences? 3
1.3.1 The innovation cluster: in favor of continuous innovation 3
1.3.2 The business ecosystem: an anchor in the value proposition 4
1.3.3 The innovation ecosystem: co-creation for innovation 6
1.4 Towards an understanding of the innovation ecosystem through four concrete examples 9
1.4.1 The university innovation ecosystem 9
1.4.2 The university-industrialist innovation ecosystem 12
1.4.3. The university-industrialist-commercial innovation ecosystem 14
1.4.4 The start-up-industry-financier innovation ecosystem 17
1.4.5. Towards a non-universal definition of the innovation ecosystem 20
1.5 Strengths, drawbacks and boundaries of the innovation ecosystem 22
1.5.1 The strengths of the innovation ecosystem 22
1.5.2 The drawbacks of the innovation ecosystem 22
1.5.3 The porous boundaries of the innovation ecosystem 23
1.6 Conclusion 24
Chapter 2 Innovation Ecosystem and Innovation Processes 27
2.1 Introduction 27
2.2 A tangle of concepts in the innovation ecosystem 28
2.2.1 Ecology as the origin of the innovation ecosystem 28
2.2.2 The commercial ecosystem 32
2.2.3 The innovation ecosystem 34
2.2.4 The knowledge ecosystem 36
2.2.5 The roles of Valkokari's three ecosystems in innovation 36
2.3 The innovation process: from discovery to innovation 40
2.3.1 Discovery, invention, innovation: what are the differences? 40
2.3.2 Definition of the innovation process 42
2.3.3 The innovation process in the innovation ecosystem 43
2.4 Ecosystems and innovation processes 44
2.4.1 Certain phases of the innovation process forgotten in ecosystems 44
2.4.2 Example 1: "graphene" innovation process 46
2.4.3 Example 2: "carbyne" innovation process 47
2.4.4 The links between innovation ecosystems and innovation processes 49
2.5 Conclusion 51
Chapter 3 Modeling: Combination of Three Ecosystems 53
3.1 Introduction 53
3.2 The roles of the actors and their activities: examples 54
3.2.1 Example 1: from the atom to the graphene bulb 54
3.2.2 Example 2: from carbon atoms to carbyne material 56
3.3 The roles of the three ecosystems of the innovation ecosystem 57
3.3.1 Roles of scientific ecosystems 57
3.3.2 Roles of technological ecosystems 58
3.3.3 Roles of commercial ecosystems 58
3.4 Foundations of innovation ecosystem modeling 58
3.4.1 The basis of the modeling: the combination of the three ecosystems 58
3.4.2 Affiliation: birth of the iterative network 60
3.4.3 Transfers: the birth of the integrated value chain 61
3.5 Modeling the "graphene" innovation ecosystem 62
3.5.1 "Graphene" innovation ecosystem, its iterative network and its integrated value chain 62
3.5.2 The roles of the iterative network and the integrated value chain 64
3.6 Modeling the "carbyne" innovation ecosystem 65
3.6.1 "Carbyne" innovation ecosystem, its iterative network and its integrated value chain 65
3.6.2 The roles of the iterative network and the integrated value chain 66
3.7 Modeling the innovation ecosystem 67
3.7.1 Modeling anchored on the iterative network and the integrated value chain 67
