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Living Labs for Public Sector Innovation: An Integrative Literature Review

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: The public administration literature and adjacent fields have devoted increasing attention to living labs as environments and structures enabling the co-creation of public sector innovation. However, living labs remain a somewhat elusive concept and phenomenon, and there is a lack of understanding of its versatile nature. To gain a deeper understanding of the multiple dimensions of living labs, this article provides a review assessing how the environments, methods and outcomes of living labs are addressed in the extant research literature. The findings are drawn together in a model synthesizing how living labs link to public sector innovation, followed by an outline of knowledge gaps and future research avenues.

Source: Administrative Sciences

DOI: 10.3390/admsci11020058

Authors: Lars Fuglsang, Anne Vorre Hansen, Ines Mergel, Maria Taivalsaari Røhnebæk

Institutions: Roskilde University, University of Konstanz, University of Inland Norway

Language: English

Topic: Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,296