Living labs as instruments for business and social innovation in rural areas
Summary. Living labs methodology applied across seven rural European and South African regions successfully supported business and social innovation. A collaborative platform using open service-oriented architecture enabled rural communities to share services and applications. The study demonstrates that living labs accelerated innovation processes and rural development outcomes, with a common methodology supporting launch, operation, experimentation, and monitoring across diverse rural settings.
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Schaffers, H., Merz, C., & Guzmán, J. G.. (2009). Living labs as instruments for business and social innovation in rural areas. https://doi.org/10.1109/itmc.2009.7461429
Schaffers, Hans, et al. “Living labs as instruments for business and social innovation in rural areas.” 2009. https://doi.org/10.1109/itmc.2009.7461429.
Schaffers, Hans, Christian Merz, and Javier García Guzmán. 2009. “Living labs as instruments for business and social innovation in rural areas.” https://doi.org/10.1109/itmc.2009.7461429.
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author = {Hans Schaffers and Christian Merz and Javier García Guzmán},
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TY - JOUR TI - Living labs as instruments for business and social innovation in rural areas AU - Hans Schaffers AU - Christian Merz AU - Javier García Guzmán PY - 2009 DO - 10.1109/itmc.2009.7461429 UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/itmc.2009.7461429 ER -
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- DOI
- 10.1109/itmc.2009.7461429
- Countries
- South Africa
- Regions
- Africa
- Categories
- innovation-networks, regional-innovation-systems
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- 2026-04-28