01500nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245008500055210006900140260004200209300001000251490000600261520080000267653001501067653001601082653001301098653002301111653001601134653001401150653001401164100002301178700002101201856003601222       2015                        eng d  a1927-032100aThe Organization of Living Labs: Coordinating Activities for Regional Innovation0 aOrganization of Living Labs Coordinating Activities for Regional  aOttawabTalent First Networkc09/2015  a23-280 v53 aThis article contributes to the ongoing knowledge from the first decade of operating living labs with a study on the coordination of novel innovation activities in living labs. The article provides an organizational model for living labs to order the activities that eventually will allow the conceptualization of living labs as innovation systems, thus giving user involvement a more central role in innovation process theories. This article shows how innovation networks systematically align their activities to reliably achieve their objectives. Next to this interpretivist theoretical contribution, the article contributes relevant practical insights to technology innovation management practitioners based on in-depth living lab cases that exhibit interesting, relevant, and new activities.10aactivities10aco-creation10aideation10ainnovation systems10aliving labs10aprocesses10aventuring1 aKatzy, Bernhard, R1 aBücker, Claudia  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/92701668nas a2200193   4500008003900000022001400039245005300053210005300106260004200159300001000201490000600211520111900217653003001336653002001366653001601386653001601402100002001418856003601438       2012                          d  a1927-032100aDesigning Viable Business Models for Living Labs0 aDesigning Viable Business Models for Living Labs  aOttawabTalent First Networkc09/2012  a19-240 v23 aOver 300 regions have integrated the concept of living labs into their economic development strategy since 2006, when the former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho launched the living lab innovation policy initiative during his term of European presidency. Despite motivating initial results, however, success cases of turning research into usable new products and services remain few and uncertainty remains on what living labs actually do and contribute. This practitioner-oriented article presents a business excellence model that shows processes of idea creation and team mobilization, new product development, user involvement, and entrepreneurship through which living labs deliver high-potential investment opportunities. Customers of living labs are identified as investors such as venture capitalists or industrial firms because living labs can generate revenue from them to create their own sustainable business model. The article concludes that living labs provide extensive support “lab” infrastructure and that it remains a formidable challenge to finance it, which calls for a more intensive debate.10abusiness excellence model10abusiness models10aco-creation10aliving labs1 aKatzy, Bernhard  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/604