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CFP: RP Special Issue on Innovation Ecosystems and Ecosystem Innovation

  • 1.  CFP: RP Special Issue on Innovation Ecosystems and Ecosystem Innovation

    Posted 12-12-2019 11:35

    Call for Papers
    Special Issue of Research Policy:
    ???Innovation Ecosystems and Ecosystem Innovation???

    Conference Submission Deadline: March 1, 2020
    Journal Submission Deadline: October 1, 2020
    Guest Editors: Carliss Baldwin, Marcel Bogers, Rahul Kapoor, Joel West
    Research Policy Lead Editor: Ammon Salter

    (Apologies for cross-posting)

    There has been a recent explosion of interest in ecosystem research. Web of Science reports publication of more than 900 business research articles that mention ecosystem as a topic, of which almost 90% were published in the past decade (Bogers, Sims & West, 2019). Meanwhile, stories in the business press mentioning ecosystems now exceed 80,000 stories per annum (Kapoor, 2018). A more systematic look at the top journals in business and innovation management shows that there are more than 300 articles ??? with two thirds published in the last five years ??? which focus on the ???ecosystem??? notion without much consistency of definition, conceptualization and operationalization across studies (Bogers et al., 2019).

    Ecosystems allow multiple actors to jointly create value from innovations that none of them may be able to do on their own (Iansiti & Levien, 2004; Adner, 2006). These actors perform distinct activities, play different roles and have heterogeneous motivations and capabilities (Baldwin, 2012; West & Wood, 2013; Adner & Kapoor, 2016). Ecosystems can also differ in terms of the linkages between actors, including the structure of interdependencies (Adner & Kapoor, 2010; Ganco, Kapoor & Lee, 2019), the governance and the alignment of multilateral relationships (Kapoor & Lee, 2013; Adner, 2017; O???Mahony & Karp, 2017). In many ecosystems, interdependencies are mediated by varying levels of complementarities and platform-based architectures (Baldwin, 2018, 2019; Gawer, 2014; Kapoor and Agarwal, 2017; Jacobides, Cennamo & Gawer, 2018).?? These characteristics of the ecosystem are becoming increasingly critical to the innovation process, and the success of the innovation efforts of both sponsoring and member firms (Bogers et al., 2019).

    This special issue seeks rigorous and cumulative research on how an ecosystem-based perspective informs the phenomena of innovation. Our core premise is that this research will not just be framed as research on ecosystems but rather embody the key tenets of the ecosystem phenomenon such as complementarities, technological interdependencies, distinct roles played by ecosystem actors, and the multilateral nature of relationships between them (Kapoor, 2018).

    To aid in the development and integration of papers intended for the special issue, a conference will be held June 18-19, 2020 in Copenhagen. Registration will be limited to paper authors and a limited number of previously registered participants. We expect that all participants will gain useful insights as to positioning their work to recent ecosystem research, and integrating it with other papers in the special issue.
    While participation in the conference is encouraged, it is not required for consideration in the special issue.


    For the complete CFP or to submit a paper, see http://bit.ly/RPecosystems; with any questions, email RPecosystems@kgi.edu

    Carliss Baldwin, Marcel Bogers, Rahul Kapoor & Joel West, guest editors
    Research Policy Special Issue: ???Innovation Ecosystems and Ecosystem Innovation???
    http://bit.ly/RPecosystems