MAP OF LIVING LAB NETWORK AND THE VISUALIZATION OF FOCUS AREAS OF LIVING LABS

Abstract

Innovation is one of the fundamental concerns of companies, societies and countries due tochanging economic and social conditions of the world. Companies or countries seize theopportunity of collaborating with stakeholders to harvest innovative ideas through openinnovation. Living labs create strategic innovation partnership with municipalities, industrial,commercial and financial organizations, universities, non-government organizations andfoundations. In this paper, the main focus areas of living labs around the world mapped andthe network of living labs (country based) visualized in global innovation ecosystem withsocial network analysis. The research data were generated from the website of EuropeanNetwork of Living Labs. Health & Wellbeing and Smart Cities & Regions were found theemerging innovation trends created by living labs and in global network. While the majority ofthese Living Labs are located in Europe, Taiwan, Nigeria, India, Senegal, Canada, Japan andChina have also invested on living labs.