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Health Care Platforms Need a Strategy Overhaul

By Marcus Holgersson

Is platform strategy the same across all sectors? In our latest research we ask this question, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities within healthcare. We show that platforms in healthcare face distinct strategic considerations when entering the market, scaling their business, and governing their ecosystems. What are your thoughts or experiences with platform strategies in healthcare or other sectors?

Many thanks to my co-authors Joakim Björkdahl, Anna Essén, and Johan Frishammar, as well as our editors Elizabeth Heichler and Abbie Lundberg and the entire team at MIT Sloan Management Review for supporting us during the publication process.

Open access link: https://mitsmr.com/49yU7Bq

Call for Papers in Technovation

By Marcus Holgersson

Exciting Call for Papers in Technovation!

I’m thrilled to share this call for papers on “Enhancing innovation ecosystems for a sustainable world in times of dramatic change.” This topic couldn’t be more relevant in our rapidly evolving world, where technology, strategy, and sustainability intersect.

I’m looking forward to working on this special issue with Angelo Cavallo, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Umberto Panniello, Vareska Van de Vrande, Massimo Colombo and, of course, all authors!

Submission deadline: December 31, 2024

Article on innovation ecosystems published in Technovation

Professor Ove Granstrand recently published the article “A cooperative game theory systems approach to the value analysis of (innovation) ecosystems” in Technovation. The article focuses on formally defining ecosystems in cooperative and competitive game-theory terms and presents new theory and methods for assessing value creation and capture in them. The article further illustrates how complementary, substitute and legal artifact and actor relations create value and various stylized examples and applications to innovation ecosystems are given. The article is open access and can be found here.

The article was also accompanied by an interview with Professor Granstrand on the background, implications and future research avenues that might arise from the article, which can be viewed here.

Oxford Handbook of Innovation: Out Now

By Marcus Holgersson

The new Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation is almost out, and it looks great! My contribution is a chapter on ‘Designing openness with technology and IP’. Available for preorders now. Many thanks to Henry Chesbrough, Agnieszka Radziwon, Wim Vanhaverbeke, and Joel West for doing a great job editing this handbook.