TY - GEN
T1 - Living labs
T2 - Arbiters of mid- and ground-level innovation
AU - Almirall, E.
AU - Wareham, J.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We perform a comparative case analysis of four working Living Labs to identify their common functions. Theoretically, we ground our analysis in terms of how they function, their processes of exploration and exploitation, where they work in the innovation strata, how new socially negotiated meanings are negotiated and diffused. Our research highlights four novel insights: first, Living Labs function at the low and mid level innovation strata; second, Living Labs are technologically agnostic; third, Living Labs use context based experience to surface new, socially constructed meanings for products and services; and finally, Living Labs are equally focused on exploration and exploitation.
AB - We perform a comparative case analysis of four working Living Labs to identify their common functions. Theoretically, we ground our analysis in terms of how they function, their processes of exploration and exploitation, where they work in the innovation strata, how new socially negotiated meanings are negotiated and diffused. Our research highlights four novel insights: first, Living Labs function at the low and mid level innovation strata; second, Living Labs are technologically agnostic; third, Living Labs use context based experience to surface new, socially constructed meanings for products and services; and finally, Living Labs are equally focused on exploration and exploitation.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77957060313
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-15417-1_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-15417-1_13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77957060313
SN - 3642154166
SN - 9783642154164
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 233
EP - 249
BT - Global Sourcing of Information Technology and Business Processes - 4th Global Sourcing Workshop 2010, Revised Selected Papers
PB - Springer Verlag
ER -