Philosophical foundations related to the two approaches of innovation system and innovation ecosystem

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• سامان روح بخشان ¹
• Sepehr Ghazinoory ²

¹ Department of Technology and Innovation Management, Faculty of Industrial and Technology Management, College of Management, University of Tehran

² Professor of STI Policy, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

According to the progress of innovation models from linear to non-linear and from closed to open, relatively different approaches have been formed around these models. Among them, the two approaches of the innovation system and the innovation ecosystem, each of which deals with the interaction between the players who play a role in the development of innovation from a specific point of view. In this research, we have assumed that philosophical foundations have been influential in the formation of the two described approaches. In this research, we have used the concept of mediation as a philosophical rationale to separate and categorize theoretical concepts and frameworks and extract understandable and meaningful implications from them. Philosophical foundations include philosophical schools, aspects of ontology, epistemology and methodology, and philosophical anthropology. To explain the philosophical distinction, we have chosen Burrill and Morgan's framework, and we consider the two paradigms of functionalism and interpretation in order to compare the two approaches of innovation system and innovation ecosystem. The first step is to extract the practical implications of the two metaphors in a comparable way, and the second step is to make a comparison by referring to the opinions of experts listed in the literature. It seems that these two approaches in the field of innovation, despite the significant philosophical differences, do not have any contradictions in application, and depending on the context of research and the context of policy making, it can be seen through the lens of each of these two or a mixture

Keywords

• نوآوری
• نظام نوآوری
• بوم سازگان نوآوری
• مبانی فلسفی
• ابرانگاره

Main Subjects

• innovation & operational excellence

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