TY - JOUR
T1 - Wiring up multiple layers of innovation ecosystems: Contemplations from personal health systems foresight
AU - Pompo-Juarez, Laura
AU - Könnölä, Totti
AU - Miles, Ian
AU - Saritas, Ozcan
AU - Schartinger, Doris
AU - Amanatidou, Effie
AU - Giesecke, Susanne
PY - 2017/2
Y1 - 2017/2
N2 - Many foresight exercises have been undertaken with the aim of improving the performance of innovation ecosystems.
These ecosystems extend across different layers including the organisational, sectoral, regional, national
and international dimensions. The interconnectedness of these layers has not have received much attention in
foresight literature and practise. However, both the development and diffusion of innovations are subject to
framework conditions not only within, but also across, multiple layers of innovation ecosystems.
The design and management of foresight exercises are thus liable to addressing and serving these different layers-
especially when the goal is to improve the performance and impact of such "interconnected and interdependent
systems". This paper develops further the concept of `multi-layered foresight´ by addressingmultiple layers of innovation
ecosystems in foresight design and management.We explore the implications of applying this type of foresight
on improving systemic understanding, enhancing stakeholder networking and developing innovation
capacities across the layers of ecosystems. The theoretical underpinnings are tested through a case study of the `PersonalHealth
Systems (PHS) Foresight´ project. This project explored international future developments in the health
sector, which is characterised bymultiple disciplines, communities of practise, technologies, and geographical contexts.
In the case of PHS the emerging innovation ecosystems are often conditioned by fragmented development
communities, major barriers tomarket development, and duplication of efforts. The project combined analytical, social
networking, online envisioning and scenario buildingmethods to address complexity and create impact inmultiple
layers. Possible futures for personal health systemswere explored through intense dialogueswith stakeholders
and a desirable future state was sketched through the success scenariomethodology. The implications and strategic
issues for different groups of stakeholders were outlined, enabling these s
AB - Many foresight exercises have been undertaken with the aim of improving the performance of innovation ecosystems.
These ecosystems extend across different layers including the organisational, sectoral, regional, national
and international dimensions. The interconnectedness of these layers has not have received much attention in
foresight literature and practise. However, both the development and diffusion of innovations are subject to
framework conditions not only within, but also across, multiple layers of innovation ecosystems.
The design and management of foresight exercises are thus liable to addressing and serving these different layers-
especially when the goal is to improve the performance and impact of such "interconnected and interdependent
systems". This paper develops further the concept of `multi-layered foresight´ by addressingmultiple layers of innovation
ecosystems in foresight design and management.We explore the implications of applying this type of foresight
on improving systemic understanding, enhancing stakeholder networking and developing innovation
capacities across the layers of ecosystems. The theoretical underpinnings are tested through a case study of the `PersonalHealth
Systems (PHS) Foresight´ project. This project explored international future developments in the health
sector, which is characterised bymultiple disciplines, communities of practise, technologies, and geographical contexts.
In the case of PHS the emerging innovation ecosystems are often conditioned by fragmented development
communities, major barriers tomarket development, and duplication of efforts. The project combined analytical, social
networking, online envisioning and scenario buildingmethods to address complexity and create impact inmultiple
layers. Possible futures for personal health systemswere explored through intense dialogueswith stakeholders
and a desirable future state was sketched through the success scenariomethodology. The implications and strategic
issues for different groups of stakeholders were outlined, enabling these s
KW - Foresight
KW - Public Health
KW - Scenarios
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.04.018
U2 - 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.04.018
DO - 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.04.018
M3 - Article
SN - 0040-1625
SP - 278
EP - 288
JO - Technological Forecasting & Social Change
JF - Technological Forecasting & Social Change
IS - 115
ER -