User communities: from nice-to-have to must-have
Abstract With Industry 5.0 already on the horizon, firms need to adapt their strategies to better cater to an increasingly demanding and sustainability-conscious customer base. At the same time, the role of customers has shifted from being mere passive buyers to active users, who not only demand per...
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| author | Joana Costa Inês Amorim João Reis Nuno Melão |
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| description | Abstract With Industry 5.0 already on the horizon, firms need to adapt their strategies to better cater to an increasingly demanding and sustainability-conscious customer base. At the same time, the role of customers has shifted from being mere passive buyers to active users, who not only demand personalized products and services to suit their needs and preferences, but also actively engage other users and stakeholders, thereby grounding the Quadruple Helix model. The objective of this paper is to assess the role of user communities in fostering firms’ innovation in all types of innovation. Econometric estimations identified the user community as a driver of innovation propensity. Additionally, the relevance of these communities across all types of innovation (mainly for product and process innovation) was proven. Robustness analysis confirmed the results obtained in different dimensions and established a connection to human capital. This finding revealed that absorptive capacity serves not only as a facilitator of innovation, but also as a moderator. The empirical contributions point towards the urgency of policy actions that consistently involve these agents as vehicles of responsible innovation, which can fine-tune the innovation paths towards an eco-friendlier innovation ecosystem. Further testing the connection between human capital and the user community is required, as the establishment of efficient communication channels promoting the knowledge flows inside the firm will leverage innovation outputs in the different innovation types. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62dd3c7a8af5402a9e4311e4fceca73c2023-04-16T11:28:29ZengSpringerOpenJournal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship2192-53722023-04-0112113510.1186/s13731-023-00292-1User communities: from nice-to-have to must-haveJoana Costa0Inês Amorim1João Reis2Nuno Melão3DEGEIT, Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism, University of AveiroCampus Universitário de SantiagoFEP, Faculty of Economics, University of PortoDepartment of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, Lusofona University and EIGeSCISeD, Research Center in Digital Services, Polytechnic Institute of ViseuAbstract With Industry 5.0 already on the horizon, firms need to adapt their strategies to better cater to an increasingly demanding and sustainability-conscious customer base. At the same time, the role of customers has shifted from being mere passive buyers to active users, who not only demand personalized products and services to suit their needs and preferences, but also actively engage other users and stakeholders, thereby grounding the Quadruple Helix model. The objective of this paper is to assess the role of user communities in fostering firms’ innovation in all types of innovation. Econometric estimations identified the user community as a driver of innovation propensity. Additionally, the relevance of these communities across all types of innovation (mainly for product and process innovation) was proven. Robustness analysis confirmed the results obtained in different dimensions and established a connection to human capital. This finding revealed that absorptive capacity serves not only as a facilitator of innovation, but also as a moderator. The empirical contributions point towards the urgency of policy actions that consistently involve these agents as vehicles of responsible innovation, which can fine-tune the innovation paths towards an eco-friendlier innovation ecosystem. Further testing the connection between human capital and the user community is required, as the establishment of efficient communication channels promoting the knowledge flows inside the firm will leverage innovation outputs in the different innovation types.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-023-00292-1User communitiesOpen innovationIndustry 5.0Quadruple Helix modelCISLogit models |
| spellingShingle | Joana Costa Inês Amorim João Reis Nuno Melão User communities: from nice-to-have to must-have Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship User communities Open innovation Industry 5.0 Quadruple Helix model CIS Logit models |
| title | User communities: from nice-to-have to must-have |
| title_full | User communities: from nice-to-have to must-have |
| title_fullStr | User communities: from nice-to-have to must-have |
| title_full_unstemmed | User communities: from nice-to-have to must-have |
| title_short | User communities: from nice-to-have to must-have |
| title_sort | user communities from nice to have to must have |
| topic | User communities Open innovation Industry 5.0 Quadruple Helix model CIS Logit models |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-023-00292-1 |
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