Affiliation:
1. University of South‐Eastern Norway Mailbox 7053 N‐3007 Drammen Norway
2. Greenwich Business School University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Park Row London SE10 9LS UK
3. Sprott School of Business Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa Ontario K1S 5B6 Canada
4. Business School, LUT University P.O.Box 20 FI‐53851 Lappeenranta Finland
Abstract
The context in which collaborative R&D and innovation activities take place is a critical driver of success and failure. However, innovation management research tends to often abstract the context away, leaving the crucial contingency factors unaddressed. This special issue explores multifaceted collaborative R&D and innovation contexts across physical and virtual domains. An array of ten articles dissect various contexts, including cross‐sector partnerships, innovation hubs, living labs, makerspaces, and virtual collaboration spaces and communities, highlighting their impact on innovation processes and outcomes. In this editorial, we develop a ‘Collaborative Innovation Space Matrix’ to firstly integrate the insights from the special issue focusing on collaboration dynamics and type of spaces and, secondly, to propose a call for action for innovation researchers to better understand the crucial role of context in collaborative R&D and innovation.
Subject
Management of Technology and Innovation,Strategy and Management,General Business, Management and Accounting,Business and International Management