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Match your innovation strategy to your innovation ecosystem.

Ron Adner · 2006 · PubMed

Summary. Innovation ecosystems require firms to coordinate with complementary innovators to create customer value, but this coordination introduces three types of risk: initiative risks, interdependence risks, and integration risks. The HDTV failure demonstrates how even superior technology fails without complementary products and infrastructure. Companies that systematically assess ecosystem risks holistically can develop more realistic expectations, better contingency plans, and robust innovation strategies that lead to profitable outcomes.

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Adner, R.. (2006). Match your innovation strategy to your innovation ecosystem. PubMed. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16579417

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France
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Europe
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innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
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2026-04-28