Managing Innovation Ecosystems – A Semi-systematic Literature Review

Absztrakt

Whereas there are several types of innovation cooperation models in the literature, the concept of innovation ecosystems has generated unprecedented attention since the 2010s, from academia to business communities. The aim of this paper is to analyze previous research results regarding innovation ecosystems, and to identify the main elements of innovation ecosystem management from a structural point of view using a semi-systematic literature review analysis. As a result, a conceptual framework of innovation ecosystem management is designed, based on the identified five main components of ecosystem management: participants, structure, management, dynamic capabilities and trust level of ecosystems. Furthermore, the paper aims to give practical guidance on the most frequent challenges of ecosystem management.