ABSTRACT

In the recent decade, Do-it-Yourself laboratories (DIY labs) have proliferated in many cities across developing and developed economies. Although these labs play an important role in the innovation ecosystems, there is limited empirical research on if and how the creativity engendered in DIY labs affects innovation outcome. Despite the frequent association of DIY lab climate of sharing and cooperation with innovation, the link between them has been understudied. There is a lack of framework explaining the mechanism that entrepreneurial members employ at DIY labs to optimise their innovation outcome. The purpose of our research is to study the link between DIY lab characteristics (space creativity and social climate) and innovation outcome, particularly business model innovation (BMI). We also investigate if opportunity discovery (OD) is the key process underlying the link. Based on our empirical study of 164 start-up projects incubated at seven DIY labs in Singapore, we demonstrate that the space creativity of DIY labs has a significantly positive relationship with BMI and that the OD process partially mediates the relationship. Our findings also establish that while the social climate of DIY labs has no direct effect on BMI, the OD process fully mediates the link between them.

摘要

近十年来，自己动手实验室（DIY 实验室）在发展中和发达经济体的许多城市激增。尽管这些实验室在创新生态系统中发挥着重要作用，但关于 DIY 实验室产生的创造力是否以及如何影响创新成果的实证研究有限。尽管共享与合作与创新的DIY实验室氛围经常联系在一起，但它们之间的联系却没有得到充分研究。缺乏框架来解释创业成员在 DIY 实验室采用的机制来优化他们的创新成果。我们研究的目的是研究 DIY 实验室特征（空间创造力和社会气候）与创新成果，尤其是商业模式创新 (BMI) 之间的联系。我们还调查了机会发现 (OD) 是否是链接背后的关键过程。基于我们对新加坡 7 个 DIY 实验室孵化的 164 个初创项目的实证研究，我们证明 DIY 实验室的空间创造力与 BMI 呈显着正相关，并且 OD 过程部分调节了这种关系。我们的研究结果还表明，虽然 DIY 实验室的社会氛围对 BMI 没有直接影响，但 OD 过程完全中介了它们之间的联系。