From Practice to Theory Gaps: a Roadmap from Case Studies Analysis on Living Labs
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Living Labs (LLs) have been defined as collaborative spaces, innovation management tools, or open innovation networks, used to develop and validate new products or services by involving different actors within a real-life context. Dealing with a phenomenon that only recently has been institutionalized, where framework theories have been identified after the practice has already emerged, the present paper identifies theory-practice gaps based on a thematic analysis of in-depth case studies focusing on LLs experiences. Results suggest five main gaps to be addressed within future research, related to theoretical frameworks fragmentation, the involvement of users, the need for a clearer definition of LLs, and of an evolutionary approach to their analysis, the identification of a suitable theory for the real-life setting.
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