Open Labs and Innovation Management: The Dynamics of Communities and Ecosystems

This book investigates the impact of open labs on ecosystems, including communities, physical spaces, events, and portfolios of services offered to private businesses, entrepreneurs, and start-ups. It draws on extensive field research and analysis of over 40 cases and 200 interviews to explore how managers run these labs and how users or clients evolve when benefiting from their services.

Format: Hardback
Length: 262 pages
Publication date: 25 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the realm of returns on experience and managerial practices, aiming to foster deeper collaboration, intensify co-creation, and support both start-ups and established companies in exploring, developing, and accelerating their projects through the utilization of open labs. Open labs, encompassing living labs, fab labs, coworking spaces, and third spaces, serve as a powerful catalyst for creating a rhythm within ecosystems, propelling all stakeholders forward in a synchronized manner.

The book proposes a comprehensive framework to understand the multifaceted contributions of open labs, innovation hubs, and collaborative spaces to ecosystems. It goes beyond the immediate short-term effects and identifies four fundamental dimensions: communities, physical spaces, events, and portfolios of services offered to private businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, established companies, or public institutions.

Drawing on extensive field research spanning over five years, encompassing more than 40 cases and over 200 interviews, as well as direct observation within various environments, this edited book meticulously investigates how managers oversee these labs and how users or clients evolve when benefiting from their services. Each chapter delves into the intricate dynamics of communities, explores the co-evolution between open labs and their ecosystems, and examines the impact of management on the mission and role of the lab within the ecosystem.

Open Labs and Innovation Research is a valuable resource for scholars and researchers in the fields of innovation studies and management science. It offers insightful perspectives and practical insights that can inform teaching, public policymaking, and professional practice. By examining the interplay between experience, managerial practices, and open labs, this book contributes to our understanding of how organizations can harness the power of collaboration and innovation to drive success and foster a vibrant ecosystem.

Weight: 576g
Dimension: 160 x 241 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367612788