Innovation ecosystems: a meta-synthesis. Issue 4 (25th April 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Innovation ecosystems: a meta-synthesis. Issue 4 (25th April 2018)
- Main Title:
- Innovation ecosystems: a meta-synthesis
- Authors:
- Ferasso, Marcos
Wunsch Takahashi, Adriana R.
Prado Gimenez, Fernando A. - Abstract:
- Abstract : Purpose: This metasynthesis aims to build a theory on the concept of innovation ecosystem from the state of the art of qualitative case studies available in indexed scientific production using interpretive synthesis (Hoon, 2013 ). Design/methodology/approach: This research was conducted by the postulates of the metasynthesis method (Hoon, 2013 ) to generate theory from qualitative case studies. The authors retrieved 77 research papers from databases, of which 6 were used for synthesis purposes. Each selected research paper reported one or more cases, which were analyzed separately. At the final stage, a data synthesis was structured and the cases were crossed, which allowed the development of a schematic representation and a theoretical construction of the innovation ecosystem concept. The approach used in this research is a metatheoretical assumption from economics and management and ecology to explore the theoretical gap in the concept of innovation ecosystems. Findings: There is not yet a conceptual consensus on the term, which sometimes leads researchers to address partial or complementary concepts. The analysis identified constitutive elements of an innovation ecosystem that lead to structuring a framework of organic and dynamic interrelationships that a given organization has with various external organizations, allowing the creation of innovative products in a faster way. Research limitations/implications: This paper helps scholars and researchers considerAbstract : Purpose: This metasynthesis aims to build a theory on the concept of innovation ecosystem from the state of the art of qualitative case studies available in indexed scientific production using interpretive synthesis (Hoon, 2013 ). Design/methodology/approach: This research was conducted by the postulates of the metasynthesis method (Hoon, 2013 ) to generate theory from qualitative case studies. The authors retrieved 77 research papers from databases, of which 6 were used for synthesis purposes. Each selected research paper reported one or more cases, which were analyzed separately. At the final stage, a data synthesis was structured and the cases were crossed, which allowed the development of a schematic representation and a theoretical construction of the innovation ecosystem concept. The approach used in this research is a metatheoretical assumption from economics and management and ecology to explore the theoretical gap in the concept of innovation ecosystems. Findings: There is not yet a conceptual consensus on the term, which sometimes leads researchers to address partial or complementary concepts. The analysis identified constitutive elements of an innovation ecosystem that lead to structuring a framework of organic and dynamic interrelationships that a given organization has with various external organizations, allowing the creation of innovative products in a faster way. Research limitations/implications: This paper helps scholars and researchers consider a new metatheoretical perspective to analyze dynamics, constitutive elements and multilevels of an innovation ecosystem. Practical implications: For practitioners, this paper sheds lights on the importance of recognizing a systemic consideration of innovation ecosystems that falls in global relationships, industry dynamics and identification of main global–local actors/enablers to produce innovations internally at a given organization. Originality/value: The novelty of this paper lies in a more delineated definition and a schematic representation of an innovation ecosystem based on a global–local perspective of product creation and manufacturing and interactions that a given company has, regardless of the geographical location of its dispersed strategic partners. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- International journal of innovation science. Volume 10:Issue 4(2018)
- Journal:
- International journal of innovation science
- Issue:
- Volume 10:Issue 4(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 10, Issue 4 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0010-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 495
- Page End:
- 518
- Publication Date:
- 2018-04-25
- Subjects:
- Innovation -- Entrepreneurship -- Industry dynamics -- Innovation ecosystems -- Interrelationships -- Meta-synthesis
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153.35 - Journal URLs:
- https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1757-2223 ↗
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1108/IJIS-07-2017-0059 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1757-2223
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