Innovation Ecosystems in the New Economic Era

Digital technologies are revolutionizing global economy, modes of production and consumption, at individual and collective levels. Nevertheless, involved socio-economic models can be often incompatible with major challenges faced by humanity, notably environmental crisis and climate change that warn about the end of a linear growth model which aimed at "produce, consume and throw away", in order to move towards an economic development that tends to limit the waste of resources and environmental impact. For that purpose, innovation should be responsible and at the service of a more sustainable development.

This apparent contradiction between digital production forces and bio-climatic issues can be questioned by the emergence of innovation ecosystems. At their center, new technologies constitute drivers for solving problems of degradation of nature, food, and survival of species. In this perspective, the questions addressed in this book focus on the beneficial interactions between digital technologies and environmental challenges.

Both of them shape the edges of a new socio-economic era. The authors of this book detail the paradigm of this new economic, industrial and corporate era that emphasizes investments in innovation, R&D and aggregation of expertise, skills and knowledge through innovation digital ecosystems to supporting digital revolution and ecological transition.

Laurent ADATTO is a PhD in economics and management of technology and innovation from the CNAM, editorial manager of RRI-Edition and associate researcher at Research Center on Innovation and Industrial Strategies (ISI/LAB.RII), University Littoral Côte D’Opale. His research focuses on open source and open innovation strategies, standardization processes and IT evolution prospects.

Camille AOUINAÏT is a PhD in economics and management of innovation from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Her research focuses on open innovation knowledge transfer and support in the implementation of innovation in agri-food firms and the agricultural ecosystem.

Son Thi Kim LE is an associate professor in Management Sciences at Research Center on Innovation and Industrial Strategies (ISI/LAB.RII), University Littoral Côte D’Opale. Her research focuses on innovation management in resource-constrained environment.

Michelle MONGO is a lecturer, specializing in innovation economics at Mines Saint Etienne, Henri Fayol institute, and attached to the COACTIS research laboratory (Lyon 2 and Saint-Etienne University). Her research focuses on the relationship between economy, innovation and sustainable development.