The EIT ICT Labs - Towards a Leading European Innovation Initiative

IT - Information Technology, Vol. 54(6), pp. 288-295 (2012)

8 Pages Posted: 18 Apr 2013

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Tobias Heger

University of Potsdam - Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship; EIT ICT Labs Germany GmbH

Udo Bub

EIT ICT Labs GmbH

Date Written: November 1, 2012

Abstract

In this introductory article to the EIT ICT Labs we outline its innovation ecosystem and recap the underlying motives for its foundation from the perspectives of industry, academia and society. The EIT ICT Labs are one of the initial Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) that was founded in 2008. It bundles and facilitates the competences and resources of its 65 high profile partners from academia and industry to tackle the grand societal challenges such as ever increasing importance of ICT for various industries, the digitalizing energy environment and advanced mobility systems and the increasingly urbanized society.

Keywords: EIT ICT Labs, Open Innovation, Innovation Networks, Collaborative Innovation, Knowledge Triangle

JEL Classification: O3, O32, M1, M10, M19

Suggested Citation

Heger, Tobias and Bub, Udo, The EIT ICT Labs - Towards a Leading European Innovation Initiative (November 1, 2012). IT - Information Technology, Vol. 54(6), pp. 288-295 (2012), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2253294

Tobias Heger (Contact Author)

University of Potsdam - Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship ( email )

Potsdam
Germany
+49 30 3450 6690 123 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://www.uni-potsdam.de/ime/index.html

EIT ICT Labs Germany GmbH ( email )

Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7
Berlin, 10115
Germany
+49 30 3450 6690 123 (Phone)
+49 30 3450 6690 102 (Fax)

HOME PAGE: http://www.eitictlabs.eu/about-us/nodes-co-location-centres/berlin/

Udo Bub

EIT ICT Labs GmbH ( email )

Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7
Berlin, 10115
Germany

HOME PAGE: http://www.eitictlabs.eu/about-us/nodes-co-location-centres/berlin/

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