This paper analyses co-creation in urban living labs through a multi-level network perspective on system innovation. We draw on the case House of Skills, a large, multi-stakeholder living lab aimed at developing a ‘skills-based’ approach towards labour market innovation within the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region. Ouranalysis helps understand stakeholder dynamics towards system innovation, drawing on an innovative living lab example and taking into consideration the multi-layered structures that comprise the collaboration. Our conceptual framework provides an important theoretical contribution to innovation studies and offers a practical repertoire that can help practitioners improve co-creation of shared value in living labs, towards orchestrating flexible structures that strengthen the impact of their initiatives.
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Op 1 januari 2007 is officieel bij de faculteit Economie en Management (FEM) van Hogeschool Utrecht het kenniscentrum InnBus van start gegaan. InnBus kan gezien worden als een faculteitsbreed kenniscentrum1 waarbinnen alle lectoraten worden ondergebracht. De naam InnBus staat daarbij voor Innovatie en Business. Bij de inrichting van dit kenniscentrum naar domeinen voor de lectoraten is op een specifieke wijze aansluiting gezocht bij bestaande, algemeen geaccepteerde indelingen naar de Business-deelvakgebieden: Finance; Accountancy; Organisatie & Strategie; Informatiekunde; Marketing. Door hergroepering, splitsing en het uitlichten van International Business is een centrum in ontwikkeling ontstaan, waarbinnen in de nabije toekomst zes lectoraten functioneren. De achterliggende gedachte is het positioneren van de faculteit Economie en Management als kennisonderneming met taken op het gebied van kennisontwikkeling en kennisspreiding, gericht op de versterking van het innoverende vermogen van bedrijven en instellingen in de regio. De daarbij geformuleerde randvoorwaarden luiden: Te ontwikkelen kennis ontstaat vanuit aangetoonde maatschappelijke behoeften; De nieuwe kennis is gericht op professionalisering van de beroepspraktijk; De kennisontwikkeling voldoet aan methodische vereisten. Kort samengevat: binnen het faculteitsbrede kenniscentrum wordt bedrijfeconomisch relevant toegepast onderzoek gedaan, gericht op bedrijven en instellingen in de regio. De keuze voor de regio heeft tot gevolg dat er een zekere voorkeur voor branches of sectoren ontstaat. Kennisspreiding binnen de FEM-organisatie ontstaat door zowel docenten als studenten bij de uitvoering van dit onderzoek te betrekken en op onderzoek gebaseerde curricula verder te ontwikkelen. Sinds 1 januari 2007 heb ik de eervolle taak om samen met mijn medewerkers het proces van kennisontwikkeling en kennisspreiding gestalte te geven binnen het vakgebied van de kenniskring Lectoraat Marketing, Marktonderzoek en Innovatie. In deze openbare les wil ik aangeven wat dit voor ons inhoudt door allereerst aandacht te besteden aan de begrippen innovatie en innoveren en daarna de koppeling te leggen met het vakgebied Marketing en Marktonderzoek.
"Despite many efforts, people with a refugee background still have great difficulties to find a job on the Dutch labour market. This has adverse consequences for the economic independence of people with a refugee background, their social connections, personal development, health and general well-being, but also for employers as well as society in general. There are many sectors in the Dutch labour market with large, structural labor shortages, while at the same time much talent remains untapped. Meanwhile, more and more social enterprises in the Netherlands are stepping into this void, with the explicit goal to facilitate access to the labour market for people with a vulnerable position, including people with a refugee background. Consequently, these so-called work integration social enterprises (WISEs) are — by far — the dominant type of social enterprises in the Netherlands. Although the diversity between WISEs in terms of economic sectors, specific target groups and business models is large, the way in which they organize their key activities can serve as an example for regular employers, who still tend to think in problems rather than opportunities when it comes to employing people with a refugee background. At the same time, the impact of these social enterprises still remains relatively limited in comparison to the scale of the societal challenge. The aim of this study therefore is twofold: 1) to obtain a better understanding of the role of WISEs with regard to the sustainable labor participation of refugees, and 2) to assess the ways in which WISEs can scale their societal impact with respect to labour participation of refugees. These conference proceedings focus in particular on (new) forms of collaboration between WISEs and regular employers that aim to become more inclusive employers."
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Creating and testing the first Brand Segmentation Model in Augmented Reality using Microsoft Hololens. Sanoma together with SAMR launched an online brand segmentation tool based on large scale research, The brand model uses several brand values divided over three axes. However they cannot be displayed clearly in a 2D model. The space of BSR Quality Planner can be seen as a 3-dimensional meaningful space that is defined by the terms used to typify the brands. The third axis concerns a behaviour-based dimension: from ‘quirky behaviour’ to ‘standardadjusted behaviour’ (respectful, tolerant, solidarity). ‘Virtual/augmented reality’ does make it possible to clearly display (and experience) 3D. The Academy for Digital Entertainment (ADE) of Breda University of Applied Sciences has created the BSR Quality Planner in Virtual Reality – as a hologram. It’s the world’s first segmentation model in AR. Breda University of Applied Sciences (professorship Digital Media Concepts) has deployed hologram technology in order to use and demonstrate the planning tool in 3D. The Microsoft HoloLens can be used to experience the model in 3D while the user still sees the actual surroundings (unlike VR, with AR the space in which the user is active remains visible). The HoloLens is wireless, so the user can easily walk around the hologram. The device is operated using finger gestures, eye movements or voice commands. On a computer screen, other people who are present can watch along with the user. Research showed the added value of the AR model.Partners:Sanoma MediaMarketResponse (SAMR)
The project focuses on sustainable travel attitude and behaviour with attention to balance, liveability, impact and climate change (as indicated above). The customer journey is approached from the consumer side and intends to shed light on the way COVID-19 has influenced (or not) the following aspects:• consumer’s understanding and appreciation of sustainability • the extent to which this understanding has influenced their attitude towards sustainable travel choices• the extent to which this change is represented in their actual and projected travel behaviour throughout the travel decision-making process • conditions that may foster a more sustainable travel behaviourThe project can be seen as a follow up to existing studies on travel intention during and post COVID-19, such as ETC’s publication on Monitoring sentiment for domestic and Intra-European travel – Wave 5, or the joint study of the European Tourism Futures Institute (ETFI – www.etfi.nl) and the Centre of Expertise in Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality (CELTH – www.celth.nl) highlighting four future scenarios for the leisure, tourism and hospitality sectors post COVID-19. The project will look beyond travel intention and will supplement existing knowledge with crucial information on the way consumers view sustainability and the extent to which they are willing to adjust their travel behaviour to aid the recovery of a more sustainable travel and tourism industry. Therefore, the report aims to generate knowledge vital for the understanding of consumer trends and the role sustainability will play in travel choices in the near future.Problem statementPlease describe which question in the (participating) industry is addressed.How has the sustainable travel attitude and behaviour in selected European source markets been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic? Further questions to be answered:• How did the COVID-19 pandemic influence the consumer’s understanding and appreciation of sustainability?• To what extent did this understanding influence their attitude towards sustainable travel choices?• To what extent is this change represented in their actual and projected travel behaviour throughout the travel decision-making process?• What are the conditions that may foster a more sustainable travel behaviour?
