Towards Third-Generation Living Lab Networks in Cities

Many cities engage in diverse experimentation, innovation, and development activities with a broad variety of environments and stakeholders to the benefit of citizens, companies, municipalities, and other organizations. Hence, this article discusses such engagement in terms of next-generation living...

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Published in:Technology innovation management review 2017-11, Vol.7 (11), p.21-35
Main Authors: Leminen, Seppo, Rajahonka, Mervi, Westerlund, Mika
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business models
city
co-creation
Collaboration
collaborative innovation
Experimentation
Generations
innovation
Innovations
Living lab
Municipalities
Neighborhoods
Networks
Open innovation
Participation
Platforms
Smart cities
smart city
Stakeholders
Studies
third-generation
Virtual reality
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Summary:Many cities engage in diverse experimentation, innovation, and development activities with a broad variety of environments and stakeholders to the benefit of citizens, companies, municipalities, and other organizations. Hence, this article discusses such engagement in terms of next-generation living lab networks in the city context. In so doing, the study contributes to the discussion on living labs by introducing a framework of collaborative innovation networks in cities and suggesting a typology of third-generation living labs. Our framework is characterized by diverse platforms and participation approaches, resulting in four distinctive modes of collaborative innovation networks where the city is: i) a provider, ii) a neighbourhood participator, iii) a catalyst, or iv) a rapid experimenter. The typology is based on an analysis of 118 interviews with participants in six Finnish cities and reveals various ways to organize innovation activities in the city context. In particular, cities can benefit from innovation networks by simultaneously exploiting multiple platforms such as living labs for innovation. We conclude by discussing implications to theory and practice, and suggesting directions for future research.
ISSN:1927-0321
1927-0321
DOI:10.22215/timreview/1118