Purpose

The paper aims to discuss the role of innovation labs as innovative management models to foster digital and continuous innovation practices within organisations of the digital ecosystem. A meta-model resulting from the analysis of the case study is proposed to describe the key phases and the relevant issues for the effective management of innovation labs as catalysts of digital innovation.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper combines theoretical insights with the empirical evidence gathered from a case study. The case study concerns the analysis of an innovation lab engaged in fostering innovation capacity and supporting digital transformation in a regional tourism ecosystem.

Findings

The study advances theoretical and practical knowledge about how to effectively design and manage innovation labs. Furthermore, the research provides scholars and practitioners with useful insights and implications for the elaboration, development and assessment of the managerial initiatives aimed at supporting organisations in facing the severe challenges of digital transformation, as well as in increasing organisations’ innovation capacity and continuous innovation attitudes.

Originality/value

The originality and value of the paper reside in enriching the empirical base for a later theory building on management issues of innovation labs, as well as in the proposal of a grounded-theory-based model for their successful management. In doing so, the study fills a relevant gap emerging in the current literature such as the lack of studies dealing with management models for the implementation of digital innovation strategies to manage digital knowledge, foster continuous innovation and based on innovative approaches and methodologies.

中文翻译：

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建模和管理创新实验室作为数字化转型的催化剂：理论和经验证据

目的

本文旨在讨论创新实验室作为创新管理模式的作用，以促进数字生态系统组织内的数字和持续创新实践。通过对案例研究的分析，提出了一个元模型来描述有效管理创新实验室作为数字创新催化剂的关键阶段和相关问题。

设计/方法/方法

本文将理论见解与从案例研究中收集的经验证据相结合。该案例研究分析了一个致力于培养创新能力和支持区域旅游生态系统数字化转型的创新实验室。

发现

该研究提高了有关如何有效设计和管理创新实验室的理论和实践知识。此外，该研究为学者和从业者提供了有用的见解和启示，有助于制定、发展和评估旨在支持组织应对数字化转型的严峻挑战以及提高组织的创新能力和持续创新态度的管理举措.

原创性/价值

论文的独创性和价值在于丰富了后来关于创新实验室管理问题的理论构建的经验基础，以及为他们的成功管理提出了一个基于理论的模型。通过这样做，该研究填补了当前文献中出现的相关空白，例如缺乏关于实施数字创新战略以管理数字知识、促进持续创新和基于创新方法和方法的管理模型的研究。