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Establishing a CoPs-based innovation ecosystem to enhance competence - the case of CGN in China

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: This research investigates how complex product systems (CoPs)-based innovation ecosystem is created in terms of structure and interactions among players, as well as how technology, value and capability evolve at different stages of an innovation ecosystem. Based on an exploratory case study on the innovation ecosystem of a nuclear power giant-China general nuclear power group (CGN) for the period 1987-2014, this paper presents a framework to explicate the micro-foundation of the formation mechanism of an innovation ecosystem for CoPs. Three ecosystem stages are identified: ecosystem incubation, ecosystem figuration and ecosystem self-renewal. Through the three stages, CGN has been extending its ecosystem gradually from core business to extended network and ecosystem periphery. This study provides theoretical and managerial implications for building and managing innovation ecosystems in developing countries.

Source: International Journal of Technology Management

DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.2016.080549

Authors: Jian Chen, Xielin Liu, Yimei Hu

Institutions: Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Aalborg University

Language: English

Topic: Innovation and Knowledge Management

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4239726511

FWCI: 3.991

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