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Llvlng Labs as MulLl

SLakeholder laLforms for Lhe
eCovernance of lnnovaLlon
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1 A|m and background of Lhls paper
2 1op|cs dealL wlLh
1 Concept of Llvlng Lab and Cverv|ew of Lhe Llvlng Labs movemenL ln Lurope
2 L|v|ng Lab's |nst|tut|ona| prof||e MulLlsLakeholder plaLform for Lhe eCovernance of lnnovaLlon
3 Compet|ng terr|tor|a| |nnovat|on mode|s
4 L|v|ng Lab's eGovernance a sLrucLuraLlon model and Lhe dynamlcs of sysLemlc lnnovaLlon
S 1wo examp|es of lmplemenLaLlon
6 Conc|us|ons and fuLure work
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W 1o explore Lhe poLenLlal of L|v|ng Labs as terr|tor|a| po||cy |nstruments for sLlmulaLlng lnnovaLlon ln
rural and remoLe areas
W ackground lC1 generally play a mlxed role ln Lhe less lnLenslvely more sparsely populaLed
reglons whenever Lhey compeLe on 'radlcal' lnnovaLlon wlLh urban and populous places
W lL ls presumed LhaL lf and where rura| L|v|ng Labs have been esLabllshed Lhese can make a
d|fference through creat|ng an eGovernance |nfrastructure LhaL helps Lransform Lhe modes of
collaboraLlon beLween remoLely locaLed knowledge workers whlle keeplng Lhe oLher beneflLs
of 'deagglomeraLlon' ln place
W y Lhe Lerm eCovernance l refer Lo Lhe use of IC1 so|ut|ons to fac|||tate stakeho|der
|nteract|on both w|th|n and outs|de a rural Llvlng Lab le also as determ|nant of
system|c |nnovat|on ln Lhe broader conLexL of LerrlLorlal developmenL pollcy
W 1hese aspecLs for me are llke Lwo sldes of Lhe same coln
W 1he laLLer's lmplemenLaLlon however noL only requlres Lhe un|f|cat|on and coord|nat|on
of severa| |ndependent efforts from local sLakeholders whlch can be achleved by
elecLronlc means buL also Lhe 'fram|ng' and '|eg|t|m|zat|on' of the L|v|ng Lab ln Lhe
broader conLexL of lC1enabled developmenL pollcy
W 1here are already examples golng ln LhaL dlrecLlon (one presenLed here as a posLer)
W We sLlll mlss a framework LhaL ls able Lo produce LesLable lmpllcaLlons
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W SecLlon 1 (lnLroducLlon) sLarLs by hlghllghLlng the comp|ex|ty of a Luropean 'phenomenon' whlch ls
characLerlzed aL Lhe very boLLom by a great dea| of var|ab|||ty ln Lhe respecLlve alms meLhods
Lools acLlvlLles and resulLs
W SecLlon 2 (ConLexL) deals wlLh the geography of |nnovat|on and conLrasLs urban and populous
places wlLh perlpheral and remoLe areas ln Lhelr respecLlve advanLages and obsLacles Lo
lnLernaLlonal planL relocaLlon and flrm level lnnovaLlon
W SecLlon 3 (Llvlng Lab's lnsLlLuLlonal proflllng) descrlbes Lhe concepLual archlLecLure of Lhe underlylng
ub||cr|vateeop|eartnersh|p () as a mu|t|stakeho|der p|atform and examlnes lLs
operaLlon ln lmprovlng Lhe condlLlons of lC1enabled sysLemlc lnnovaLlon from Lhe perspecLlve of
MulLlsLakeholder ueslgn as opposed Lo user CenLred ueslgn or arLlclpaLory ueslgn
W SecLlon 4 (L|v|ng Labs as terr|tor|a| |nnovat|on mode|s) lnLroduces and dlscusses a taxonomy Lrylng
Lo poslLlon Lhe Llvlng Lab wlLhln accordlng Lo lLs dlsLlngulshlng feaLures
W SecLlon 3 (A research agenda for Llvlng Labs and Lhe eCovernance of lnnovaLlon) delves lnLo Lhe
potent|a| of IC1 for manag|ng Lhe declslon rlghLs and accounLablllLles beLween a Llvlng Lab's
sLakeholder groups and ensur|ng the funct|ona| coord|nat|on of po||c|es LhaL acknowledge and
embed Llvlng Labs lnLo LerrlLorlal lnnovaLlon processes 1he resulLs are Lwofold
W a structurat|on mode| of Llvlng Lab's eCovernance wlLh a number of LesLable proposlLlons
W an lllusLraLlon of Lhe transm|ss|on mechan|sms LhaL help explaln Lhe role played by Llvlng Labs
as drlvers or caLalysLs of LerrlLorlal lC1enabled lnnovaLlon
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W ln essence lL refers Lo a set of (quant|tat|ve and qua||tat|ve) methodo|og|es and too|s for the co
creat|on and va||dat|on of |nnovat|on together w|th the end users |n rea|wor|d env|ronments
W ln Lhese envlronmenLs people are Laken across Lhe dlfferenL roles played durlng a normal day
and whlch Lyplcally requlre Lhe use and supporL of dlfferenL Lechnologles
W Compared wlLh LradlLlonal LesLbeds where users are noL necessarlly lnvolved and Lhe
laboraLory seLLlng ls conLrolled Llvlng Labs place people aL Lhe very cenLre of Lhe lnnovaLlon
process Lhereby lnnovaLlon becomes humancenLrlc ln conLrasL Lo LechnologycenLrlc
W lurLher Lo LhaL Llvlng Lab acLlvlLles go on round Lhe clock Lhls means LhaL soluLlon developers
geL Lhe opporLunlLy Lo galn undersLandlng of a new producL or servlce ln lLs 24/7 usage
conLexL
W llnally ln Lhe perspecLlve of valldaLlon Lhe focus ls on how users experlence Lechnology eg
by lnLerfaclng deslgn and ergonomlcs as well as on user accepLance
W 1o daLe evldence collecLlon on currenL and emerglng Llvlng Labs has largely relled on selfreflecLlon
and emplrlcal analyses carrled ouL on relevanL yeL parLlal subseLs of Lhe movemenL
W Clven Lhe relevance of Lhls 'phenomenon' Llme ls rlpe for an lnLegraLed research agenda whlch
alms Lo f||| |n the vacuum between theoret|ca| deve|opments and pract|ca| |mp|ementat|ons and
lay Lhe sclenLlflc basls for whaL can be recognlzed as 'the' f|rst tru|y or|g|na| mode| of |nnovat|on
ever appeared |n Lurope
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W Pow ls Llvlng Labs lnnovaLlon creaLed?
W WhaL are Lhe processes lmplled by Lhe Llvlng Lab Approach?
W Who are Lhe acLors lnvolved ln a Lrlal?
W WhaL klnd of lnpuLs do Lhey provlde?
W WhaL are Lhe Lrlal resulLs?
W Who ls responslble and accounLable and for whaL?
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W Who are Lhe acLors lnvolved ln Llvlng Labs and do Lhey already belong Lo local lnnovaLlon sysLems?
W Pow do Lhey deLermlne Lhe dlrecLlon and speed of research and lnnovaLlon ln a glven LerrlLory?
W WhaL klnd of pollcy responses do Lhey acLually need?
W WhaL ls Lhe added value of Lhe Llvlng Labs approach Lo local lnnovaLlon compeLlLlveness and
growLh?
W Where ls Lhe evldence for LhaL?
W WhaL are Lhe normaLlve lmpllcaLlons derlvlng from Lhls analysls?
ADDI1ICNAL kLSLAkCn ULS1ICNS
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1 1he slngle Llvlng Lab Lrlal where only a few |nd|v|dua|s from Lhe speclflc parLlclpanL organlsaLlons
are lnvolved
2 1he dlfferenL stakeho|ders who parLlclpaLe ln Lhe Llvlng Labs Lrlal Lhrough Lhelr people ln charge
and/or mandaLed or appolnLed Lo acL on Lhelr behalf
3 1he wlder networks whlch every organlzaLlon has access Lo and where parLlcular efforLs should be
made ln Lhe dlrecLlon of sense maklng consensus bulldlng and verlflcaLlon of Lhe legal feaslblllLy of
proposed changes
1hese can be mapped agalnsL Lhe Lhree concepLual layers of a Llvlng Lab's mulLlsLakeholder
plaLform namely
W Lhe (ub||c r|vate artnersh|p) beLween local sLakeholders deallng wlLh Lhe sLraLeglc
governance of userdrlven open lnnovaLlon pollcy
W Lhe pracLlcal (and LacLlcal) |mp|ementat|on of Lhe Llvlng Lab Lrlals
W Lhe acLual generaLlon of (maLerlal and/or lmmaLerlal) resu|ts
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W ln Lhls paper l have proposed Lo asslmllaLe Lhe Llvlng Lab's Lo a mu|t|stakeho|der p|atform
raLher Lhan a plaln neLwork LhaL ls an lnfrasLrucLure for user cenLrlc open lnnovaLlon LhaL llves a
llfe of lLs own besldes lnsLanLlaLlng lLself ln several Lechnology developmenL and deploymenL
experlmenLs (also called Lrlals)
W A full evaluaLlon of a Llvlng Lab's performance as a po||cy |nstrument Lo supporL reglonal
lnnovaLlon parLlcularly ln rural areas has Lo Lake lnLo accounL all Lhe Lhree layers presenLed and
parLlcularly Lhe flrsL (sLraLeglc) one ln order Lo be able Lo measure lLs achlevemenLs
W 1hus fuLure research should focus on sysLemaLlcally mapp|ng the var|ous act|v|t|es Laklng place aL
Lhe hlgher level of Llvlng Labs elecLronlc governance and Lhe roles played by Lhe varlous
sLakeholders ln shaplng Lhe dlrecLlon of LerrlLorlal lnnovaLlon parLlcularly ln rural areas
W 1hus lmmedlaLe areas of concern should lnclude Lhe followlng Loplcs
W CollecLlon of lnformaLlon regardlng all Lhe LnoLL members LhaL declare Lhemselves rural Llvlng
Labs
W ldenLlflcaLlon of Lhe respecLlve mulLlsLakeholder plaLforms and Lhe eServlces provlded
W Comparlson of Lhelr performance dlachronlcally (across Lrlals and Llme) wlLh speclal aLLenLlon
Lo coordlnaLlon lssues
W Analysls of Lhelr degree of lnsLlLuLlonallzaLlon wlLh respecL Lo Lhe LerrlLorlal lnnovaLlon sysLem
and pollcy conLexL
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