Living Labs are open innovation ecosystems in real-life environments based on a systematic user co-creation approach that integrates research and innovation activities in communities and/or multi-stakeholder environments, placing citizens and/or end-users at the centre of the innovation process.
The concept ‘Living Lab’ is used for the organisation that innovates according to these principles, but also refers to the innovation projects that follow these guidelines and also links with specific activities, methods and tools within these innovation projects. Therefore, a distinction can be made between a Living Lab organization, a Living Lab project and Living Lab activities, methods and tools (micro, meso, macro).
Living Labs as real-life test and experimentation environments, foster co-creation and open innovation among the main actors of the Quadruple Helix Model, namely:
•Citizens,
•Government,
•Industry,
•Academia.
Living Labs are open innovation ecosystems in real-life environments based on a systematic user co-creation approach that integrates research and innovation activities in communities and/or multi-stakeholder environments, placing citizens and/or end-users at the centre of the innovation process.
The concept ‘Living Lab’ is used for the organisation that innovates according to these principles, but also refers to the innovation projects that follow these guidelines and also links with specific activities, methods and tools within these innovation projects. Therefore, a distinction can be made between a Living Lab organization, a Living Lab project and Living Lab activities, methods and tools (micro, meso, macro).
Living Labs as real-life test and experimentation environments, foster co-creation and open innovation among the main actors of the Quadruple Helix Model, namely:
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