Title of the dissertation
Navigating Innovation Ecosystems - A Quantitative Inquiry into Openness, Environmental Innovations, and Economic Performance of Innovative Firms
Summary
Elzoumor’s PhD dissertation examines how innovative firms strategically engage with and manage their innovation ecosystems, focusing on three interconnected core elements of such firms—openness for innovation, environmental innovations, and economic performance. It also analyzes how these elements are influenced by external ecosystem pressures and resources, as well as internal firm capabilities. The empirical analysis is based on large-scale survey and firm register data, covering young innovative firms across Europe and innovative firms in Sweden.
The dissertation advances the conceptual understanding of innovation ecosystems by showing how specific ecosystem elements can mitigate firm-level shortcomings and enhance firms’ innovation and economic outcomes. Additionally, the results offer practical guidance for managers navigating ecosystem complexities and provide policy recommendations to stimulate collaboration among ecosystem actors, supporting the broader sustainability goal of developing and introducing various forms of environmental innovations.
Opponent
Professor Fulvio Castellacci, TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo, Norway
Grading committee
Professor Thomas Magnusson, Department of Management and Engineering (IEI), Linköping University, Sweden
Professor Nathalie Lazaric, Research Group in Law, Economics and Management, Université Côte d'Azur, France
Associate professor Ioana Stefan, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Chair at the defense
Associate professor Daniel Ljungberg, Department of Economy and Society, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg
Supervisor
Associate professor Daniel Ljungberg, Department of Economy and Society, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg
Assistant supervisor
Associate professor Ethan Gifford, Department of Economy and Society, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg
