Dr Paolo Gerli P.Gerli@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Friends or enemies? Unraveling niche-regime interactions in grassroots digital innovations
Gerli, Paolo; Mora, Luca; Zhang, Jun; Sancino, Alessandro
Authors
Prof Luca Mora L.Mora@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Jun Zhang
Alessandro Sancino
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, grassroots digital innovations (GDIs) have gained traction as innovation niches, providing an alternative to the prevailing mainstream regime dominating smart city transitions. Drawing upon interviews with experts and promoters of GDIs from 12 European countries, we explore the relationships between these initiatives and mainstream regime actors. Five distinct types of niche-regime interactions have emerged from the analysis: inertia, indirect support, antagonism, direct support, and active collaboration. These interactions do not follow a linear and incremental trajectory, but rather represent dynamic configurations that change over time and at different geographic scales. Consequently, our findings contribute to the literature on socio-technical transitions and grassroots innovation by further revealing the multidimensionality and multiscalarity of mainstream regimes. In light of these findings, we urge scholars and practitioners to reconsider how information flows and power imbalances among local and supralocal actors in mainstream regimes influence the development of innovation niches and dictate the pace of socio-technical transitions.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 15, 2024 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 20, 2024 |
Publication Date | 2024-05 |
Deposit Date | Mar 25, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 25, 2024 |
Print ISSN | 0040-1625 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 202 |
Article Number | 123342 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123342 |
Keywords | Grassroots digital innovation, Niche innovation, Socio-technical regime, Interaction types, Smart city development, Platform cooperatives |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3571887 |
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