The impact of living lab methodology on open innovation contributions and outcomes
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- Dimitri Schuurman (UGent) , Lieven De Marez (UGent) and Pieter Ballon
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- Open innovation scholars as well as practitioners are still struggling with the practical implementation of open innovation principles in different contexts. In this article, we explore the value of a living lab approach for open innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using a case study approach, we compared 27 SME projects conducted by iMinds Living Labs from 2011 to 2015. The results suggest that a real-life intervention and a multi-method approach - both of which are methodological characteristics of living lab projects - increase the chance of generating actionable user contributions for the innovation under development. Moreover, the results also suggest that a living lab project yields maximal value when evolving from concept towards prototype. Besides these exploratory findings, this article also demonstrates that living lab projects are a perfect "playground" to test and validate assumptions from the open innovation literature.
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- Open Innovation, Living Labs, User Innovation, Innovation Management, Methodology, Impact Assessment, FIRMS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8049884
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- Schuurman, Dimitri, et al. “The Impact of Living Lab Methodology on Open Innovation Contributions and Outcomes.” TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION MANAGEMENT REVIEW, edited by Chris McPhee et al., vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 7–16, doi:10.22215/timreview/956.
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- Schuurman, D., De Marez, L., & Ballon, P. (2016). The impact of living lab methodology on open innovation contributions and outcomes. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION MANAGEMENT REVIEW, 6(1), 7–16. https://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/956
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- Schuurman, Dimitri, Lieven De Marez, and Pieter Ballon. 2016. “The Impact of Living Lab Methodology on Open Innovation Contributions and Outcomes.” Edited by Chris McPhee, Seppo Leminen, Dimitri Schuurman, Mika Westerlund, and Eelko Huizingh. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION MANAGEMENT REVIEW 6 (1): 7–16. https://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/956.
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- Schuurman, Dimitri, Lieven De Marez, and Pieter Ballon. 2016. “The Impact of Living Lab Methodology on Open Innovation Contributions and Outcomes.” Ed by. Chris McPhee, Seppo Leminen, Dimitri Schuurman, Mika Westerlund, and Eelko Huizingh. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION MANAGEMENT REVIEW 6 (1): 7–16. doi:10.22215/timreview/956.
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- 1.Schuurman D, De Marez L, Ballon P. The impact of living lab methodology on open innovation contributions and outcomes. McPhee C, Leminen S, Schuurman D, Westerlund M, Huizingh E, editors. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION MANAGEMENT REVIEW. 2016;6(1):7–16.
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- [1]D. Schuurman, L. De Marez, and P. Ballon, “The impact of living lab methodology on open innovation contributions and outcomes,” TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION MANAGEMENT REVIEW, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 7–16, 2016.
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abstract = {{Open innovation scholars as well as practitioners are still struggling with the practical implementation of open innovation principles in different contexts. In this article, we explore the value of a living lab approach for open innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using a case study approach, we compared 27 SME projects conducted by iMinds Living Labs from 2011 to 2015. The results suggest that a real-life intervention and a multi-method approach - both of which are methodological characteristics of living lab projects - increase the chance of generating actionable user contributions for the innovation under development. Moreover, the results also suggest that a living lab project yields maximal value when evolving from concept towards prototype. Besides these exploratory findings, this article also demonstrates that living lab projects are a perfect "playground" to test and validate assumptions from the open innovation literature.}},
author = {{Schuurman, Dimitri and De Marez, Lieven and Ballon, Pieter}},
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