TY - JOUR T1 - Orchestration Roles to Facilitate Networked Innovation in a Healthcare Ecosystem JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2017 A1 - Minna Pikkarainen A1 - Mari Ervasti A1 - Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen A1 - Satu Nätti KW - case study KW - exploratory approach KW - healthcare ecosystem KW - high-level experts KW - innovation orchestration KW - roles AB - This study examines orchestration roles in a networked innovation context characterized by significant transformation. In particular, an exploratory case study approach is taken to study the roles of innovation network orchestrators and their actions to facilitate networked activities in different phases of the innovation process. The context of the case study, a healthcare ecosystem that aims to co-create technological innovations to support the pediatric surgery journey, provides valuable insights about orchestration and adds knowledge on specific limitations set by the orchestrator-specific and context-related issues in a professional context. The findings of this study highlight the need for careful coordination that allows shared understanding of the goals of the orchestration process and achievable innovation implementations. It is shown that parallel, evolving, and even changing orchestrator roles are needed in complex networked innovation settings. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 7 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1104 IS - 9 U1 - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Minna Pikkarainen is a joint Connected Health Professor at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the University of Oulu / Oulu Business School, the Martti Ahtisaari Institute, and the Faculty of Medicine. She works as a program leader and a collaborator between different units and departments in University of Oulu, VTT and other OuluHealth ecosystem players. She currently focuses her research in the data-driven service co-creation and business models in health and wellbeing sectors. During 2010–2012, Minna worked as a Business Developer in the Institute Mines Telecom, Paris, and European Innovation Technology (EIT) network in Helsinki. Her key focus areas as a business developer have been in healthcare organizations and digital cities. Her research has been focused on the areas of software development, agile development, and service innovation. U2 - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Mari Ervasti is a Senior Scientist in the Wellness and Living team at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. She received her MSc in Information Networks from the University of Oulu in 2007, and her DSc (Tech) degree in Human-Centered Technology from the Tampere University of Technology in 2012.She has worked as a project manager and researcher in several multi-disciplinary research projects dealing with human-technology interaction, and has over 30 scientific publications in the field. Mari’s research focuses on user experience design and evaluation in versatile application domains with a special focus on participatory design by utilizing user-driven methods. Furthermore, her research addresses the need for predicting and estimating the impacts and value of novel technologies for different stakeholders. Recently, she has focused on the co-creation of connected health services together with patients, healthcare professionals, and companies in the context of future digital hospitals. U3 - Oulu Business School Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen is a Professor of Marketing, especially relating to international business, in the Oulu Business School at the University of Oulu, Finland, and she is an Adjunct Professor (Knowledge Management) at the Lappeenranta University of Technology’s School of Business and Management. She has published over 60 refereed articles in journals such as the Journal of Product Innovation Management, Industrial and Corporate Change, Industrial Marketing Management, R&D Management, and Technovation. She has contributed to book chapters, over 100 conference papers, and several other scientific and managerial publications. Most of her research has involved innovation management and appropriability issues, including examination of different knowledge protection and value capturing mechanisms. The research covers varying contexts such as internationalization and inter-organizational collaboration. U4 - Oulu Business School Satu Nätti is a Professor at the Oulu Business School in Finland. Her main research interests relate to innovation network orchestration, professional services, and key account management. She has published in such journals as Industrial Marketing Management, the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, the Journal of Service Management, the Journal of Services Marketing, and the Service Industries Journal. ER -