%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T The Ecosystem Knowledge Explorer: A Tool to Systematically Discover External Knowledge %A Behrooz Khademi %K ecosystem %K knowledge management %K performance measurement %K social network analysis %K text mining %X It is crucial for any organization to discover knowledge from ecosystem-specific sources of knowledge that are considered external to the organization. Since knowledge exploration is a resource-intensive task for organizations, untimely or excessive knowledge exploration have detrimental impacts on the innovativeness and competitiveness of organizations. The benefits of performance measurement and management tools for knowledge management in organizations have been known for many years now. Therefore, the application of similar tools in ecosystems may enable actors to have access to valuable external knowledge. However, there is a paucity of such tools in management scholarship. The purpose of this study is to bridge this gap by proposing a conceptual tool – the Ecosystem Knowledge (EK) Explorer, which generates insightful knowledge for ecosystem actors using codified technical knowledge (e.g., scientific publications and patents). Not only does the EK Explorer reduce the uncertainty and fuzziness of the knowledge exploration phase for ecosystem actors, it also enables them to save resources and have access to strategic knowledge regarding competition, collaboration, technology management, and policy making in ecosystems. Bibliometric analysis, social network analysis, and text mining were used to conceptualize the constructs and measurable variables of the EK Explorer. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 28-40 %8 07/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1253 %N 7 %1 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Behrooz Khademi is a Higher Degree by Research Candidate in Technology and Innovation Management at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Melbourne, Australia. He received his BSc degree in Production and Manufacturing Engineering from the National Technical University of Ukraine in Kiev, Ukraine, and his MSc degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Lappeenranta University of Technology in Lappeenranta, Finland. His research focuses on value creation, value capture, and knowledge management in ecosystems. He applies a variety of scientometric, patentometric, and text mining methods in his research. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1253 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Editorial: Insights (July 2019) %A Chris McPhee %K accelerators %K adoption %K Africa %K architecture %K business ecosystems %K business models %K design %K digital payments %K entrepreneurship %K incubators %K Innovation management %K ISPIM %K knowledge management %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 3-4 %8 07/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1250 %N 7 %1 Technology Innovation Management Review Chris McPhee is Editor-in-Chief of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Chris holds an MASc degree in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and BScH and MSc degrees in Biology from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. He has nearly 20 years of management, design, and content-development experience in Canada and Scotland, primarily in the science, health, and education sectors. As an advisor and editor, he helps entrepreneurs, executives, and researchers develop and express their ideas. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1250 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2017 %T Q&A. How Do Digital Platforms for Ideas, Technologies, and Knowledge Transfer Act as Enablers for Digital Transformation? %A Mokter Hossain %A Astrid Heidemann Lassen %K digital platforms %K digitization %K enablers %K knowledge management %K Open innovation %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 7 %P 55-60 %8 09/2017 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1106 %N 9 %1 Aalborg University Mokter Hossain is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University, Denmark, and he a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Strategy and Venturing in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University in Finland. He was a post-doctoral researcher at Imperial College London and at Aalto University after graduating with a Doctor of Science degree in Technology and Knowledge Management in 2016 from Aalto University. His research interests include innovation, strategy, and entrepreneurship. He has published over 35 journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers on a range of research topics, including open innovation, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, frugal innovation, reverse innovation, grassroots innovation, and business model innovation. %2 Aalborg University Astrid Heidemann Lassen is an Associate Professor in Innovation Management at Aalborg University, Denmark. Astrid is also the Head of Section in the Production at the Department of Materials and Production at Aalborg University. Since 2015, she has also been Visiting Professor at the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Astrid has published extensively in international journals and academic books on the topics of innovation and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1106 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2013 %T From Idea Crowdsourcing to Managing User Knowledge %A Risto Rajala %A Mika Westerlund %A Mervi Vuori %A Jukka-Pekka Hares %K crowdsourcing %K knowledge management %K lead users %K online communities %K user innovation %X This article explores how technology companies can benefit from user knowledge in product and service innovation beyond mere idea generation through crowdsourcing. We investigate a case from the telecommunications sector to discover the ways a company can overcome the challenges of motivating users to participate in innovation activity and gaining from their knowledge in the innovation process. In particular, we seek to learn how the company has created understanding about the future uses of technology and the developments of the market with the lead users. In addition, we analyze the key means of capturing value from the knowledge gathered from the users, including the essential organizational practices that support user innovation and the ways the company makes sense of the vast volume and variety of user knowledge. Our empirical inquiry increases the understanding of how technology companies can complement and use crowdsourcing to effectively utilize knowledge resident in user communities. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 3 %P 23-31 %8 12/2013 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/750 %N 12 %1 Aalto University Risto Rajala, D.Sc. (Econ) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Dr. Rajala holds a PhD in Information Systems Science from the Aalto University School of Business. His recent research has dealt with management of complex service systems, development of digital services, service innovation, and business model performance. Rajala’s specialties include management of industrial services, collaborative service innovation, knowledge management, and design of digital services. %2 Carleton University Mika Westerlund, D.Sc. (Econ) is an Assistant Professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics. His doctoral research focused on software firms’ business models and his current research interests include open and user innovation, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries. %3 Aalto University Mervi Vuori, M.Sc. (Econ) is a researcher and doctoral candidate at Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Since 2010, she has acted as a principal researcher in several research projects in the field of purchasing and innovation management. She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation on "Innovating and collaborating with external resources: crowds, communities and suppliers". Her research is centered on the use of external resources, related management interfaces, as well as integration mechanisms in service and business model innovation. %4 Aalto University Jukka-Pekka Hares, M.Sc. (Econ) received his master’s degree from the Aalto University School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. His master’s thesis focused on crowdsourcing and user knowledge management in online user communities. He is currently working at the public relations agency Manifesto as a communications consultant. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/750