Designing Platforms for Micro and Small Enterprises in Emerging Economies: Sharing Value through Open Innovation
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2023-07
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Osorno-Hinojosa, Roberto
Koria, Mikko
Ramírez-Vázquez, DeliaDelCarmen
Calvario, Gabriela
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MDPI
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While innovation is essential for sustainable development, micro, small, and mediumsized
enterprises (MSMEs), which account for more than 90% of firms in Latin America, face the
challenge of benefiting systematically from innovation due to capability and negotiation asymmetries
when compared with large organizations. In this context, open innovation holds promise to enable
shared-value creation in terms of developing MSME capabilities, operations, and the organization of
activities, especially when mediated and supported by public sector actors. It may also hold promise
for the development of MSMEs when there is a lack of well-developed ecosystems with multiple
central actors, as is the case in many less-developed Latin American countries, such as Nicaragua.
Open innovation ecosystems support platforms that form the delivery vehicles for the offerings
of firms, providing a framework of processes, rules, and policies for the purpose of co-creating
value. These platforms also offer a development gateway for the participating MSMEs, impacting the
achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) created by The United Nations. Despite
the potential for open innovation and its application in entrepreneurship ecosystems, few cases
document the essential elements for designing these supporting platforms. In this case study, we aim
to provide a framework for mediated, shared-value open innovation platforms by applying design
science and case study approaches. Our work contributes to the field of knowledge-based ecosystems
and open innovation platforms and considers best practices that can be applied in similar contexts.
Palabras clave
Innovation Ecosystems, Knowledge Ecosystems, Open Innovation, Platform Design, SDGs, Sustainable Development
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Osorno-Hinojosa, R., Koria, M., Ramírez-Vázquez, D. & Calvario, G. (2023). Designing Platforms for Micro and Small Enterprises in Emerging Economies: Sharing Value through Open Innovation. Sustainability, 15(14), 11460.