The Cyclic Innovation Model: A New Challenge for a Regional Approach to Innovation Systems?

Abstract

Innovation processes have changed significantly in the last four decades. Organizations no longer innovate on their own, aware that they need to decentralize their innovation activities and have to cooperate closely with other organizations in innovation systems. In this paper we discuss the spatial consequences of these developments, introducing the Cyclic Innovation Model (CIM) as a framework to analyse system innovation and applying it to the case of Thixomoulding, i.e. the development and exploitation of a revolutionary new material in the region of Flevoland, a province of the Netherlands.

The Organizational Innovation System: A systemic framework for radical innovation at the organizational level

“…In this multistakeholder, multidimensional setting, learning between collaborating partners plays a vital role, necessitating a process with frequent iteration and feedback in order to be able to repeat process stages to undertake corrections, adjust to unforeseen developments and correct mistakes (Bruns et al, 2010;Fetterhoff and Voelkel, 2006;Gallagher et al 2012;Hermans, 2011;Van der Duin et al, 2007;Veldkamp et al, 2009). Therefore, the innovation process should be organized in a non-linear, iterative, flexible fashion with interconnected cycles (Arnold and Barth, 2012;Berkhout et al, 2010;Bruns et al, 2010;Gallagher et al, 2012;Kroon et al, 2008;Pullen et al, 2012;Van der Duin et al, 2007).…”

“…Therefore, the innovation process should be organized in a non-linear, iterative, flexible fashion with interconnected cycles (Arnold and Barth, 2012;Berkhout et al, 2010;Bruns et al, 2010;Gallagher et al, 2012;Kroon et al, 2008;Pullen et al, 2012;Van der Duin et al, 2007). To emphasize this non-linear, iterative character of the innovation process, it is depicted in Fig.…”

An entrepreneurial view of universal work-integrated learning

“…Over the last two decades, there has been a shift toward innovation systems which afford individual companies the opportunity to move beyond their innovation constraints through the coordination of innovation within a network of partners (Van Der Duin et al, 2007). This is to say, organizations seldom innovate in isolation, but open their innovation processes to others, becoming empowered to collaborate and co-create (Chesbrough, 2003(Chesbrough, , 2011.…”

“…flexibility of a business ecosystem is rooted in adopting a more holistic and cyclical system-level view (Van Der Duin et al, 2007) that transcends a traditional single organization or sector (Eisingerich , 2010;Peltoniemi and Vuori, 2004). For example, Mitchell et al (2019) explored how Cork, Ireland, developed a collaborative "learning city" model that incorporated diverse stakeholders from education, policy and community pursuing a common strategy.…”

Case Analysis of Innovation in the Packaging Industry Using the Cyclic Innovation Model

“…This case study included twenty-eight interviews with various R&D Managers, Product Managers, and other members of the development team. Previous articles using CIM have shown it to be both a unique concept, as well as a useful framework for demonstrating how firms can deal with the new challenges of innovation (Berkhout and Van Der Duin, 2007;Van Der Duin et al, 2007;Kroon et al, 2008;Bakker et al, 2010). These articles, however, much like the majority of literature on R&D and Innovation have focused on technologically intensive industries, with lower technology industries (including process industries) being overlooked.…”