System thinking shaping innovation ecosystems

Abstract

Over the last few decades, there has been a trend to build innovation platforms as enablers for groups of companies to jointly develop new products and services. As a result, the notion of co-innovation is getting wider acceptance. However, a critical issue that is still open, despite some efforts in this area, is the lack of tools and models that explain the synergies created in a co-innovation process.

Keywords

• System Thinking
• Innovation
• Knowledge Transfer
• Collaborative Networks
• Innovation ecosystems
• Case Study