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Designing platforms for micro and small enterprises in emerging economies: sharing value through open innovation

While innovation is essential for sustainable development, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), which account for more than 90% of firms in Latin America, face the challenge of benefiting systematically from innovation due to capability and negotiation asymmetries when compared with l...

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Main Authors: Roberto Osorno-Hinojosa, Mikko Koria, Delia del Carmen Ramírez-Vázquez, Gabriela Calvario
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/24156642.v1
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author Roberto Osorno-Hinojosa
Mikko Koria
Delia del Carmen Ramírez-Vázquez
Gabriela Calvario
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Mikko Koria
Delia del Carmen Ramírez-Vázquez
Gabriela Calvario
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description While innovation is essential for sustainable development, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), which account for more than 90% of firms in Latin America, face the challenge of benefiting systematically from innovation due to capability and negotiation asymmetries when compared with large organizations. In this context, open innovation holds promise to enable shared-value creation in terms of developing MSME capabilities, operations, and the organization of activities, especially when mediated and supported by public sector actors. It may also hold promise for the development of MSMEs when there is a lack of well-developed ecosystems with multiple central actors, as is the case in many less-developed Latin American countries, such as Nicaragua. Open innovation ecosystems support platforms that form the delivery vehicles for the offerings of firms, providing a framework of processes, rules, and policies for the purpose of co-creating value. These platforms also offer a development gateway for the participating MSMEs, impacting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) created by The United Nations. Despite the potential for open innovation and its application in entrepreneurship ecosystems, few cases document the essential elements for designing these supporting platforms. In this case study, we aim to provide a framework for mediated, shared-value open innovation platforms by applying design science and case study approaches. Our work contributes to the field of knowledge-based ecosystems and open innovation platforms and considers best practices that can be applied in similar contexts.
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spelling rr-article-241566422023-07-24T00:00:00Z Designing platforms for micro and small enterprises in emerging economies: sharing value through open innovation Roberto Osorno-Hinojosa (12007319) Mikko Koria (1384371) Delia del Carmen Ramírez-Vázquez (12783629) Gabriela Calvario (16697613) Built environment and design innovation ecosystems knowledge ecosystems open innovation platform design SDGs sustainable development While innovation is essential for sustainable development, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), which account for more than 90% of firms in Latin America, face the challenge of benefiting systematically from innovation due to capability and negotiation asymmetries when compared with large organizations. In this context, open innovation holds promise to enable shared-value creation in terms of developing MSME capabilities, operations, and the organization of activities, especially when mediated and supported by public sector actors. It may also hold promise for the development of MSMEs when there is a lack of well-developed ecosystems with multiple central actors, as is the case in many less-developed Latin American countries, such as Nicaragua. Open innovation ecosystems support platforms that form the delivery vehicles for the offerings of firms, providing a framework of processes, rules, and policies for the purpose of co-creating value. These platforms also offer a development gateway for the participating MSMEs, impacting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) created by The United Nations. Despite the potential for open innovation and its application in entrepreneurship ecosystems, few cases document the essential elements for designing these supporting platforms. In this case study, we aim to provide a framework for mediated, shared-value open innovation platforms by applying design science and case study approaches. Our work contributes to the field of knowledge-based ecosystems and open innovation platforms and considers best practices that can be applied in similar contexts. 2023-07-24T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/24156642.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Designing_platforms_for_micro_and_small_enterprises_in_emerging_economies_sharing_value_through_open_innovation/24156642 CC BY 4.0
spellingShingle Built environment and design
innovation ecosystems
knowledge ecosystems
open innovation
platform design
SDGs
sustainable development
Roberto Osorno-Hinojosa
Mikko Koria
Delia del Carmen Ramírez-Vázquez
Gabriela Calvario
Designing platforms for micro and small enterprises in emerging economies: sharing value through open innovation
title Designing platforms for micro and small enterprises in emerging economies: sharing value through open innovation
title_full Designing platforms for micro and small enterprises in emerging economies: sharing value through open innovation
title_fullStr Designing platforms for micro and small enterprises in emerging economies: sharing value through open innovation
title_full_unstemmed Designing platforms for micro and small enterprises in emerging economies: sharing value through open innovation
title_short Designing platforms for micro and small enterprises in emerging economies: sharing value through open innovation
title_sort designing platforms for micro and small enterprises in emerging economies: sharing value through open innovation
topic Built environment and design
innovation ecosystems
knowledge ecosystems
open innovation
platform design
SDGs
sustainable development
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/24156642.v1