Communities of Innovation

10.1142/12208 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Cohendet ◽  
Madanmohan Rao ◽  
Ruiz Émilie ◽  
Benoit Sarazin ◽  
Laurent Simon
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Innovation

scholarly journals Detecting and Visualizing the Communities of Innovation in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Urban Agglomeration Based on the Patent Cooperation Network

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Fang Zhou ◽  
Bo Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Power Construction ◽  
Flat Structures ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
The Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Cooperation Network ◽  
Communities Of Innovation

For a deep understanding of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) collaborative innovation, we detected and visualized the communities of innovation in BTH Urban Agglomeration based on the patent cooperation network. China Patent Database was connected with Business Registration Database and the Tianyan Check to achieve the geographical information of organizational innovators. Spinglass algorithm was applied and ultimately 12 communities of innovation were detected. Based on the different structure characteristics, we further clustered the 12 communities into four typical structures that are hierarchical, single-center, polycentric, and flat structures. The hierarchical structure is usually large in scale and the cooperative intensity is relatively high. Single-center structure has a center with a high proportion of centrality and the cooperative intensity is relatively low. Polycentric structure has multiple centers with similar proportions of centrality. Flat structure is usually small in scale and has no obvious network center. In the patent cooperative network of BTH Urban Agglomeration, universities and state-owned enterprises occupied the centers and acted important roles to connect other organizations. Some communities of innovation showed significant industry characteristics, mainly involving six industry fields that are electric power, construction, petroleum, metallurgy and materials, municipal transportation, and railway. From the geographical perspective, some communities manifested local attributes and some demonstrated cooperation between regions. Beijing was the center of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei patent cooperation network. Compared with the pair of Beijing-Tianjin and the pair of Beijing-Hebei, Tianjin and Hebei were not closely connected. In the future, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei collaborative innovation should strengthen cooperation between Tianjin and Hebei.

Innovation

2012 ◽  
pp. 200-229
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Communities Of Innovation ◽  
Successful Innovation

Organizations globally must expect severe competition for at least the next decade, and there is unanimous agreement that sustainable innovation is the quintessential challenge for all organizations – without it organizations must flounder and perish. In this chapter, theory and practice are explored to specify the vital underpinnings of successful innovation, including the critically important organizational property of absorptive capacity which is largely based on leadership, participative and open culture, and knowledge management. Strategic topics such as the knowledge based view, open innovation, and the pros and cons of ‘innovation’ orientation and ‘imitation’ orientation are discussed, together with the importance of supply chain innovation. Details of the practical role Communities of Innovation (CoInv) serve are clarified, together with explanations of why identifying and leveraging the influence of innovation champions and opinion leaders is essential to success. The concepts of Learning-to-Innovate and Innovating-to-Learn are also discussed.

NURTURING COMMUNITIES OF INNOVATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

2012 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 1250029 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCESCA GRIPPA
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Aerospace Industry ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Knowledge Flow ◽  
Communication Pattern ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Financial Outcomes ◽  
Complementary Method ◽  
Communities Of Innovation

This paper describes the benefits of applying a Social Network Dashboard to monitor the evolution of knowledge flows within communities of innovation. Social interactions are observed within and across four inter-organizational communities at a large aerospace company. The application of the Dashboard revealed which of the communities were characterized by a more intense and active knowledge flow and a less centralized communication pattern. These communities were the most outwardly connected and the most productive in terms of financial outcomes. This study provides empirical evidence of the importance of using a network approach as a complementary method to monitor communities' evolution.

scholarly journals The Involvement of New Ideas in Products and Services Innovation

Economics ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 1608-1625
Author(s):  
José Monteiro ◽  
José Duarte Santos ◽  
Fernando Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Collaborative Networks ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Business Collaboration ◽  
Communities Of Innovation ◽  
Services Innovation

This chapter intends to address the needs and the involvement to support communities of innovation in the process of the generation of new ideas. The relevance of this document focuses on information systems and socio-semantics collaborative networks. The support of collaboration is not a new need to human activities in business. Nevertheless, it has major importance due the temporal limitations of the innovative context. In fact, having an idea is not enough. It is necessary to put it on the ground before the competitors. The authors conclude that technology can facilitate the generation of new ideas, benefit business collaboration, and help increase the rate and efficiency in the generation of new ideas, while reducing the time spent in the negotiation of consensus and decreasing the implicit cost in the overall process. It is expected to contribute to the (re)utilization of the innovation memory and to preserve the organizational knowledge.

A methodology to assess value creation in communities of innovation

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Grimaldi ◽  
Livio Cricelli ◽  
Francesco Rogo
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Communities Of Innovation

Leveraging Communities for Sustainable Innovation

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Elayne Coakes ◽  
Peter A.C. Smith ◽  
Dee Alwis
Keyword(s):  
Case Discussion ◽  
Community Interaction ◽  
Commercial Potential ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Sustainable Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Communities Of Innovation ◽  
The Relationship

The concept of using future innovation to achieve “right to market” (R2M) (Koudal & Coleman, 2005) is the focus of this paper. This paper discusses the relationship between entrepreneurship and innovation and posits that they form a system where innovation is optimised when these capabilities are closely linked. The authors contend that innovation activities are best ‘managed’ by an organization’s entrepreneur(s) and that part of this role is to identify Innovation Champions and facilitate their innovation-related activities. The authors also explore the social and community interaction necessary for innovation to flourish and explain the role of entrepreneurs in forming Communities of Innovation (CoInv) based on innovation champions and their networks. This paper argues that CoInv are essential to ensure that each separate innovation has commercial potential and is operationally accepted with support diffused throughout the organisation. The authors demonstrate these assertions through a case discussion and conclude with some final comments on the future of this research.

Leveraging Communities for Sustainable Innovation

2012 ◽  
pp. 68-78
Author(s):  
Elayne Coakes ◽  
Peter Smith ◽  
Dee Alwis
Keyword(s):  
Case Discussion ◽  
Community Interaction ◽  
Commercial Potential ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Sustainable Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Communities Of Innovation ◽  
The Relationship

The concept of using future innovation to achieve “right to market” (R2M) (Koudal & Coleman, 2005) is the focus of this paper. This paper discusses the relationship between entrepreneurship and innovation and posits that they form a system where innovation is optimised when these capabilities are closely linked. The authors contend that innovation activities are best ‘managed’ by an organization’s entrepreneur(s) and that part of this role is to identify Innovation Champions and facilitate their innovation-related activities. The authors also explore the social and community interaction necessary for innovation to flourish and explain the role of entrepreneurs in forming Communities of Innovation (CoInv) based on innovation champions and their networks. This paper argues that CoInv are essential to ensure that each separate innovation has commercial potential and is operationally accepted with support diffused throughout the organisation. The authors demonstrate these assertions through a case discussion and conclude with some final comments on the future of this research.

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