"Innovation-as-Practice"
DETAILS
Call for Papers-"Innovation-as-Practice"
Journal: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity
Publisher: Elsevier
Submission Deadline: 01 Feb 2027
Submission Portal | Article Type | Author Guidelines |
|---|---|---|
"VSI: Innovation-as-Practice" |
Key Requirements:
Practitioners + Practices + Praxis framework mandatory
Microfoundations of innovation work (not outcomes/models)
Sociomateriality + situated activity analysis
Overview
Strategy-as-Practice → Innovation-as-Practice paradigm shift examines concrete activities through which innovation emerges: prototyping, roadmapping, boundary-spanning, tool-mediated collaboration. Extends Keith Pavitt's sectoral foundations into practice lens revealing how practitioners "stitch together" heterogeneous elements. First issue constituting cumulative Innovation-as-Practice field across open innovation ecosystems.
Key Research Themes
Practitioner Studies:
Innovation roles/identities in firms/NGOs/user communities
Boundary-spanning across project teams/ecosystems
Practice Analysis:
Knowledge creation/experimentation routines
Sociomaterial mediators (prototypes/platforms/templates)
Praxis Trajectories:
Innovation episodes → stabilization/branching/collapse
Future-making + temporality in situated contexts
Open Innovation Contexts:
User communities + lead user practices
Engineering value chain collaboration routines
Submission Instructions
1. Access Editorial Manager from 01 Jun 2026
2. CRITICAL:** Select "VSI: Innovation-as-Practice" Article Type
3. Submit by 01 Feb 2027
4. Contact: Thierry Burger-Helmchen (burger@unistra.fr) / Julien Pénin (penin@unistra.fr)
5.Practice-centered theorizing** mandatory
6. Dual peer review + 2x downloads/20% more citations advantage
Guest Editor Team
Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Ph.D., University of Strasbourg, France (burger@unistra.fr)
Julien Pénin, Ph.D., University of Strasbourg, France (penin@unistra.fr)
Why This Issue Matters
Classical innovation models obscure situated work producing outcomes. Reveals micro-dynamics connecting practitioner activity → organizational capabilities → ecosystem transitions. Essential for understanding open innovation collaboration enactment + responsible innovation reflexivity through practice lens. 14.0 CiteScore OA journal positions as foundational Innovation-as-Practice reference.
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