scholarly journals Innovation Ecosystem Research: Emerging Trends and Future Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11458
Author(s):  
Yanzhang Gu ◽  
Longying Hu ◽  
Hongjin Zhang ◽  
Chenxuan Hou
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Ecosystem Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Ecosystem Studies ◽  
Innovation Platform

The innovation ecosystem term has increasingly been attracting the interest of scholars and practitioners for fifteen years. Contrary to the flourishing landscape, knowledge in this field is criticized as being fragmented. While past reviews revealed the conceptual and theoretical connections between innovation ecosystem and other related concepts, there is still a lack of comprehensive appreciation of the intellectual structure of state-of-the-art innovation ecosystem studies, hindering future research in this domain. To fill this void, this study utilized a systematic literature review approach combining bibliographic coupling and content analysis methods. Drawing on 136 studies reflecting the core and latest knowledge of innovation ecosystem literature, this study identifies five streams of the current innovation ecosystem research (i.e., technology innovation, platform innovation ecosystem, regional development, innovation ecosystem conceptualization and theorization, and entrepreneurship and innovation). Suggestions for future research are distilled via systematic analysis and discussion of these streams. Contributions of this study lie in decoding the intellectual structure of current innovation ecosystem research and offering targeted recommendations for future research.

Persuasive technology for health and wellness: State-of-the-art and emerging trends

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Orji ◽  
Karyn Moffatt
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Design Research ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Persuasive Technology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Motivational Strategies ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Technological Interventions ◽  
And Behavior

The evolving field of persuasive and behavior change technology is increasingly targeted at influencing behavior in the area of health and wellness. This paper provides an empirical review of 16 years (85 papers) of literature on persuasive technology for health and wellness to: (1.) answer important questions regarding the effectiveness of persuasive technology for health and wellness, (2.) summarize and highlight trends in the technology design, research methods, motivational strategies, theories, and health behaviors targeted by research to date, (3.) uncover pitfalls of existing persuasive technological interventions for health and wellness, and (4.) suggest directions for future research.

Sustainable entrepreneurship education for circular economy: emerging perspectives in Europe

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasquale Del Vecchio ◽  
Giustina Secundo ◽  
Gioconda Mele ◽  
Giuseppina Passiante
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Cross Case Analysis ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe paper aims to contribute to the Circular Economy debate from the Entrepreneurship Education perspective. Despite scholars' growing interest in both these research streams, scarce consideration is given to the comprehension of their mutual implications and meaning.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on a cross-case analysis. It compares 16 higher education programmes launched by Universities in Europe aimed to create competences and skills for Circular Economy in students with different profiles. The analysis provides a critical view of the emerging trends for the entrepreneurship education skills and competencies needed for the emerging circular entrepreneurship paradigm.FindingsThe paper discusses the main trends of Entrepreneurship Education focused on Circular Economy debate at the European level: rationale and learning objectives (why); contents (what), target students and stakeholders (who) and the learning processes (how). Four thematic areas are identified as common patterns: circular economy business model, green supply chain management, technology entrepreneurship and innovation and public policies and institutional frameworks.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper sheds new light on a still under-researched area, suggesting several implications and avenues for future research in Circular Economy and Entrepreneurship Education. Limitations regard the need to analyse education programmes from a larger geographical area, to take into consideration interesting experiences in the rest of the world and to also collect quantitative data.Practical implicationsPractical implications arise for the development of learning initiatives for the Circular Economy: learning objectives and new thematic areas focused on circular, sustainable and innovative rethinking of the process for creating value in the incumbent companies; exploring meaning and benefits of collaborative approaches and participation in the circular economy innovation ecosystem and developing advanced models for soft-skills development in terms of leadership, motivational and creative skills.Originality/valueThe debate on CE can also be rooted in the paradigm of entrepreneurship as a core process to advance knowledge on valuable and sustainable innovation.

The Intellectual Structure in Brands and Branding Research

2015 ◽  
pp. 167-200
Author(s):  
Jiaxun He ◽  
Cheng Lu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Brand Management ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Publication Time ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Social Sciences Citation Index

This chapter is based on a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the 30 most-cited articles (adjusting to the length of publication time) on brands and branding, retrieved from the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) database (1975-2008). Following the multidimensional scaling method and social network analysis, the results demonstrate five major subareas, which are characterized with different but interrelated intellectual structures. Among the selected core literature, a few theoretical or empirical articles play a key role in incubating or developing a research paradigm. Based on the analysis results, the authors observe that those five major domains and a relatively small number of seminal papers have important impacts on shaping the research paradigm with a lasting effect on future research directions. On the other hand, the authors argue that existing research on brands and branding has been dominantly focused on Western developed countries while brand management issues in emerging markets have been largely ignored and therefore deserve special attention in future research.

scholarly journals Visualizing the Intellectual Structure and Evolution of Intelligent Transportation Systems: A Systematic Analysis of Research Themes and Trends

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 8759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Karina Gamboa-Rosales ◽  
José María Celaya-Padilla ◽  
Ana Luisa Hernandez-Gutierrez ◽  
Arturo Moreno-Baez ◽  
Carlos E. Galván-Tejada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Structure Evolution ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Themes

According to the United Nations, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. This growth will be reflected in the demand for better services that should be adjusted to the collective and individual needs of the population. Governments and organizations are working on defining and implementing strategies that will enable them to respond to these challenges. The main challenges are related to transport and its management, considering transportation as a core issue in the economy, sustainability, and development of the regions. In this way, the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) play a key role in the response to these scenarios, being that they are the framework where the new hardware and software tools are integrated, allowing an efficient development of transportation systems management, attending to aspects such as: traffic management, communications between vehicles and infrastructures, and security, among others. Nevertheless, the concept of ITS evolves rapidly so it is necessary to understand its evolution. To do that, the current research develops a thematic analysis of ITS in literature, evaluating the intellectual structure and its evolution using SciMAT, quantifying the main bibliometric performance indicators, and identifying the main research areas, authors, journals, and countries. To this purpose, the publications related to ITS from 1993 to 2019 available in the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection were retrieved (7649 publications) and analyzed. Finally, one of the main results is the latest research themes map of ITS, considering its intellectual structure, evolution, and relationship. It assists in the definition and implementation of strategies, the identification of the scientific, academic, and business opportunities, and future research lines to consolidate the role of ITS in the new city models.

A bibliometric review on innovation systems and ecosystems: a research agenda

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arho Suominen ◽  
Marko Seppänen ◽  
Ozgur Dedehayir
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Ecosystem Research ◽  
Innovation Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
Ecosystem Studies

Purpose The ecosystem perspective on innovation and business has emerged as the secret sauce of innovative organizations. While its theoretical foundations are premised on innovation system literature, the broad adoption of the ecosystem concept has resulted in conceptual ambiguity. The purpose of this paper is to tackle the ambiguous use of innovation ecosystem terminology and structure a conceptual frame for the field, identifying definitions of an innovation ecosystem and how the concept has been established in previous literature. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines the ambiguous use of terminology by reviewing the literature with bibliometric coupling and co-citation analysis by which thematic differences in ecosystem literature were identified. The study gathered the scientific publications from Thomson Reuters Web of Sciences Core Collection (n=4,681) from 1990 to 2015. Findings Six major bibliometrically coupled clusters were identified, of which the three largest clusters are innovation system studies, regional innovation studies and technological innovation studies. In addition, further analysis shows an emerging cluster that is focused on ecosystems, having its roots in eight seminal papers. This ecosystem research cluster includes seven sub-clusters, such as innovation ecosystem studies, business ecosystem studies and studies focusing on ecosystem development. Research limitations/implications The authors’ approach highlights how a lot of recent ecosystem studies actually belong to previous, well-developed research streams. However, there is also a separate, emergent research stream that includes the innovation and ecosystem studies. As a research implication, the paper concludes by suggesting the research agenda for further studies. Originality/value Even though literature on innovation systems and ecosystems is extensive literature, no studies have captured the emergence of the ecosystems approach and its relation with the systems of innovation literature.

An Empirical Study of Green Finance Research Through Bibliometrics

2019 ◽  
pp. 84-106
Author(s):  
Feng Hu ◽  
Haibo Wei
Keyword(s):  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Front ◽  
Word Analysis ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Green Finance ◽  
Research Hotspots ◽  
The Web

Green finance issues have triggered the increasing research enthusiasm of researchers. With the rapid growing of publications related to green finance, it is difficult for readers to deeply understand the intellectual structure, research hotspots, and trends. In addition, the dynamic nature of a research front poses challenges for the scientists, research policymakers, and many others to keep up with the rapid advances of the state of the art in science. Therefore, the authors conducted a bibliometric analysis from the Web of Science over the period of 1998–2017. Co-word analysis and co-citation analysis are employed to explore institution distribution, journal co-citation analysis, author co-citation analysis, document co-citation analysis, and keyword co-word analysis, particularly in high frequency items, intellectual turning points, burst points, and emerging trends. The results can be useful for institutions and researchers worldwide to understand the panorama of green finance research, find the potential research gaps, and focus on the future research trends.

scholarly journals Knowledge Domain and Emerging Trends in Vinegar Research: A Bibliometric Review of the Literature from WoSCC

Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Xiang-Long Zhang ◽  
Yu Zheng ◽  
Meng-Lei Xia ◽  
Ya-Nan Wu ◽  
Xiao-Jing Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Knowledge Map ◽  
Evolutionary Stage ◽  
Knowledge Domain ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Bibliometric Review ◽  
Production Technologies

Vinegar is one of the most widely used acidic condiments. In recent decades, rapid advances have been made in the area of vinegar research, and the intellectual structure pertaining to this domain has significantly evolved. Thus, it is important that scientists keep abreast of associated developments to ensure an appropriate understanding of this field. To facilitate this current study, a bibliometric analysis method was adopted to visualize the knowledge map of vinegar research based on literature data retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. In total, 883 original research and review articles from between 1998 and 2019 with 19,663 references were analyzed by CiteSpace. Both a macroscopical sketch and microscopical characterization of the whole knowledge domain were realized. According to the research contents, the main themes that underlie vinegar research can be divided into six categories, that is, microorganisms, substances, health functions, production technologies, adjuvant medicines, and vinegar residues. In addition to the latter analysis, emerging trends and future research foci were predicted. Finally, the evolutionary stage of vinegar research was discerned according to Shneider’s four-stage theory. This review will help scientists to discern the dynamic evolution of vinegar research, as well as highlight areas for future research.

scholarly journals Connected creativity – a human centered community innovation platform in the context of product generation engineering

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Albers ◽  
Ludwig Maul ◽  
Robert Heismann ◽  
Nikola Bursac
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Second Step ◽  
The Core ◽  
Product Generation ◽  
Specific Activities ◽  
Innovation Platform ◽  
Software Prototype

In this paper, a concept for a community innovation platform is introduced focusing on human behavior of motivation and barriers in the context of product generation development. Building on the state of the art, a three year case study in cooperation with Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG is at the core. In the first step of the study, a questionnaire and interviews are used to point out that a new attractive channel for ideas is needed. The three perspectives of users, experts and stakeholders are investigated in order to discover needs and preferences. Based on these findings, in a second step, a software prototype was designed and introduced in a pilot project with more than 200 users. Using a questionnaire and expert workshops, in the final step, this project is evaluated as appealing to the community, and the generated content is demonstrated to be valuable to specific activities of product generation development.

The Intellectual Structure in Brands and Branding Research

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Jiaxun He ◽  
Cheng Lu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Brand Management ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Publication Time ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Social Sciences Citation Index

This chapter is based on a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the 30 most-cited articles (adjusting to the length of publication time) on brands and branding, retrieved from the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) database (1975-2008). Following the multidimensional scaling method and social network analysis, the results demonstrate five major subareas, which are characterized with different but interrelated intellectual structures. Among the selected core literature, a few theoretical or empirical articles play a key role in incubating or developing a research paradigm. Based on the analysis results, the authors observe that those five major domains and a relatively small number of seminal papers have important impacts on shaping the research paradigm with a lasting effect on future research directions. On the other hand, the authors argue that existing research on brands and branding has been dominantly focused on Western developed countries while brand management issues in emerging markets have been largely ignored and therefore deserve special attention in future research.

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