TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the role of the actors (especially firms) in interactions between contexts defined as “innovation ecosystems.”Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a conceptual framework. A review of the literature to frame the concepts of innovation ecosystems and the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) approach is presented. A possible integration of the two concepts is then discussed.Findings The paper adds new discursive inputs to the concept of innovation ecosystem that validate its use in the context of the knowledge economy and extends the theories of knowledge, by analyzing the role that various actors who populate an innovative ecosystem play in the creation, learning, use, and dissemination of knowledge.Originality/value The paper furnishes an approach to the research on knowledge management and innovation, in the attempt to relate the IMP Group approach with the perspective of the “innovation ecosystems” concept.
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
SN  - 2059-1403
DO  - 10.1108/IMP-05-2017-0022
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IMP-05-2017-0022
AU  - Pucci Tommaso
AU  - Runfola Andrea
AU  - Guercini Simone
AU  - Zanni Lorenzo
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - The role of actors in interactions between “innovation ecosystems”: drivers and implications
T2  - IMP Journal
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 333
EP  - 345
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -