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Abstract The aim of this study is to discover how inter-subjectivity is formed among various organizations in horizontal relationships as a basis of sustainable collaborative innovation. Since each organization in a horizontal relationship is independent, generating a sustainable project among multiple organizations is different from one within an established organization or one among organizations in vertical relationships. Forming inter-subjectivity among organizations is required as the founding phase of collaborative projects. The authors have empirically approached this problem and introduced the research methodology of dynamics, referring to knowledge creation theory. The results of our study demonstrate that it is essential to form inter-subjectivity among collaborators, which could be the base for dynamic innovation shared by stakeholders. Further, the outcome of this study will likely contribute to the development of the design methodology for innovation ecosystems among organizations in horizontal relationships, as well as to the substantial expansion of the scope of knowledge management theory.










Keyword Inter-subjectivity Formation process Boundary object Innovation design Horizontal local innovation ecosystem Knowledge creation







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Research Background

The background for this research is the lack of a local innovation ecosystem in Japan. Although the revitalization of local society has become a significant national A. Matsumae (&)
Y. Nagai School of Knowledge, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan e-mail: [email protected] Y. Nagai e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017 A. Chakrabarti and D. Chakrabarti (eds.), Research into Design for Communities, Volume 1, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies 65, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3518-0_55

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issue in Japan, local small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) still remain dependent on vertical relationships with larger companies and excluded from innovative opportunities, channels, and human resources. The more feeble and out-dated the existing centralized innovation ecosystem becomes, the more necessary it becomes to form an alternative one designed for local SMEs, which account for more than 99% of the enterprises in Japan [1]. Due to this limitation of resources and networks in each local SME, it is essential to establish a methodology to design an innovation ecosystem to generate a sustainable collaborative project among them. Moreover, gathering various organizations in one place is not enough to form the basis of sustainable collaborative innovation. The authors have approached this problem by designing and implementing horizontal and distributed local innovation ecosystems, utilizing local national universities in several fields since 2002, based on knowledge creation theory [2, 3].

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Research Subject

Since knowledge creation theory has mainly been developed empirically within established larger companies [4], it should be

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