Towards innovation in Living Labs networks

Seppo Leminen, Mika Westerlund · 2012 · International Journal of Product Development

Summary. Living Labs are open, user-centered environments that enable networked innovation through collaboration between organizations, users, and other participants. This study examines a regional Living Labs initiative to identify key participants, their roles, motivations, and outcomes. The research finds that Living Labs successfully facilitate open innovation by integrating users as co-producers in product development, which uncovers hidden user needs and generates unexpected results.

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  title   = {Towards innovation in Living Labs networks},
  author  = {Seppo Leminen and Mika Westerlund},
  journal = {International Journal of Product Development},
  year    = {2012},
  doi     = {10.1504/ijpd.2012.051161},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1504/ijpd.2012.051161}
}

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DOI

10.1504/ijpd.2012.051161

Countries

Finland, Canada

Regions

Europe, North America

Categories

innovation-networks, regional-innovation-systems, innovation-theory, general-innovation

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2026-04-28