| Title | Understanding the roles of knowledge creators in emerging innovation ecosystems |
| Authors | Xu, Guannan Wu, Yuchen Zhou, Yuan |
| Affiliation | Beijing Univ Posts & Telecommun, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Guanghua Sch Management, Beijing, Peoples R China. Tsinghua Univ, Sch Publ Policy & Management, Beijing, Peoples R China. |
| Keywords | Innovation system Knowledge ecosystem 3D printing Catch-up China BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY ECOLOGY |
| Issue Date | 2017 |
| Publisher | 13th International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China (GMC) |
| Citation | 13th International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China (GMC). 2017, 108-114. |
| Abstract | In fast growing economies, governments attempt to develop emerging industries to compete in global innovation race. Specifically, policy makers stimulate S&T knowledge creation to cultivate the emergence of innovation ecosystem within the national boundaries. It is implicitly assumed that the knowledge can be translated into business values for growing this ecosystem. However, some opponents argue that local knowledge creation may not necessarily contribute to the prosperity of business ecosystem especially in latecomers due to the weak links between science and industries. The research on this debate still remain sparse. This paper, therefore, proposes a framework to analyse the technology-based innovation ecosystem in emerging economies, particularly in order to explore the roles of local knowledge creators and their influences on the future growth of emerging innovation ecosystem. This framework examines three sub-ecosystems: science, technology, and business ecosystem, as well as the interplays in-between. Based on the network methods, this framework integrates quantitative literature-based methods together with qualitative in-depth interviews with leading domain experts in China. The 3D printing industry in China is selected as a case study. This study finds that China's 3D printing may have a unique edge in S&T knowledge ecosystem, but may be inherently flawed when local universities play too much roles in the emergence of innovation ecosystem; by contrast, the lack of keystone firms for business platforms may undermine the potential of the new industry. This study will contribute to the innovation ecosystem literature, and will be of interest to 3D printing and emerging industry researchers. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/499808 |
| Indexed | CPCI-SSH(ISSHP) |
| Appears in Collections: | 光华管理学院 |
