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Visualizing an Open Innovation Platform: The structure and dynamics of Demola Jukka Huhtamäki, Ville Luotonen, Ville Kairamo, Kaisa Still and Martha G. Russell Presentation at Academic MindTrek 2013TRANSCRIPT
Visualizing an Open Innovation Platform: The structure and
dynamics of Demola
Huhtamäki, Luotonen, Kairamo, Still, RussellTUT // New Factory // VTT // Stanford
Academic MindTrek 2013:"Making Sense of Converging Media”
In this presentation
• Case context description: what is Demola?
• Challenges in measuring Demola & open innovation
• Use case examples
• Method: data-driven network animation
• Results
• Discussion
• Critique
• Wrap up and future work
What is Demola?
• Open innovation platform & ecosystem engager established in 2008 in Tampere
• By 2013, 86 companies and 1200 students from 3 universities have participated in 250+ projects
• The Demola network is expanding internationally
• This study focuses in Demola Tampere
Open innovation platform & ecosystem engager established in 2008 in Tampere
By 2013, 86 companies and 1200 students from 3 universities have participated in 250+ projects
The Demola network is expanding internationally; this study focuses in Demola Tampere
Challenges in measuring Demola
…and open innovation in general:
• Tradition: A linear view on innovation;
• Measuring inputs (money) and outputs (patents, products, new companies);
• Survey-based methods, aggregate measures
How does one measure the performance of an ecosystem engager?
Still, K., Huhtamäki, J., Russell, M. & Rubens, N. 2012. Paradigm shift in innovation indicators—from analog to digital. Proceedings of the 5th ISPIM Innovation Forum, 9-12 December, Seoul, Korea.
Use case examples
Who wants to measure?
Why do they want to measure? What will the do with the measurement insights?
Policy makers Interested in the impact that Demola has had to the surrounding ecosystem
Evaluate the utility of the platform for future investments and the applicability of the approach
Company representatives
Utility of Demola engament Decide whether to engage or not; Select an approach suitable for their portfolio
Demola operators Activity in general; Companies with changing (increasing/decreasing) Demola engagement; Ecosystem Structure
General Demola introductions, marketing & sales; Demola key area development
University students Reviewing opportunities that participating in a Demola project would open
Decide whether to participate or not
University decision-makers
Impact, new developments in the ecosystem
Add initiatives for students to get involved
International actors Impact, engagement, transformation To evaluate the utility of the process for deciding the applicability of the approach
Method: data-driven network analysis (& action research)
(Hansen et al., 2009)
Project Detail Example
Project Id Project 115
Name Koukkuniemi 2020
Started 2010-05-04
Ended 2010-10-31
Status Completed
Collaboration Partner City of Tampere
Type of Partner Public
Project Domain Non-profit
Location Tampere
Key Areas well-being, knowledge management, regional studies
Project Team Members uta, uta, tut, tut
Result 1: Project network
Nodes represent projects and companies
Company nodes are light green; other colors indicate cluster membership
Node size shows its betweenness value
Force-driven layout
Result 2: Project domain network
Nodes represent project domains
Nodes are connected through domain co-occurence
Colors show cluster membership
Node size shows its betweenness
Result 3: Project sphere animation
Discussion
• Technical challenges exist when using internally collected data for network visualization and animation
• Visualization development challenges data-collection procedures and can add value to existing data
• Demola operators find value particularly in the animation of the project sphere; international collaborators have also expressed an interest in them
Critique
• Method?
• Results?
• Validation?
• NAV model vs. visual analytics
Acknowledgements & thank you
Time for your comments and questions.
Jukka Huhtamäki <jukka.huhtamaki @tut.fi>
Ville Luotonen
Ville Kairamo
Kaisa Still
Martha G. Russell
Acknowledgements Ville Ilkkala, Meanfish Ltd, supported animation development. Heikki Ilvespakka took care of exporting the data from the Demola platform