Researching ecosystems in innovation contexts

Erkko Autio, Llewellyn D W Thomas · 2021 · Innovation & Management Review

Summary. The paper clarifies the concept of 'innovation ecosystem' by reviewing how scholars use the term across different contexts. The authors identify three basic types of ecosystems, all centered on producing coherent system-level outputs. They provide a framework to distinguish between different ecosystem types, reducing conceptual confusion and enabling clearer communication among researchers studying innovation.

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@article{autio-2021-researching-ecosystems-innovation-contexts,
  title   = {Researching ecosystems in innovation contexts},
  author  = {Erkko Autio and Llewellyn D W Thomas},
  journal = {Innovation & Management Review},
  year    = {2021},
  doi     = {10.1108/inmr-08-2021-0151},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1108/inmr-08-2021-0151}
}

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DOI

10.1108/inmr-08-2021-0151

Countries

United Kingdom, Spain

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28