Innovation platforms in French regional ecosystems
This research project is commissioned by Bpifrance le Lab and Innovation Factory.
The project updates the activities executed in 2016-2017 and commissioned by the same institutions. In 2016-2017, our research has produced a taxonomy on innovation platforms. It focused on innnovation platforms located in Paris and its region, Ile de France. The 2017-2018 project investigates major innovation platforms in continental France's main regional hubs. It also focuses on the modalities used by these platforms to support the digital transformation of services and industrial firms.
The 2018 report points out 5 challenges to be addressed in innovation platforms:
- entrepreneurs and local governments play key roles in the creation and development of innovation platforms;
- (regional) innovation platforms are levers to activate local public policies;
- mega-platforms play key specific roles, and make a major original impact on ecosystems;
- companies (of all sizes) are at the same time clients, users and partners of the innovation platforms;
- the increasing volume of platforms questions the definition of stable business models for innovation platforms.
Contact :
Dr Valérie Mérindol, David W. Versailles, Professors at PSB, Management and Strategy Research Department