@article{eggink2013components,
  title = {The Components of an Innovation System: A Conceptual Innovation System Framework},
  author = {Maria Eggink},
  year = 2013,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JIBBP/2013/768378/},
  journal = {Journal of Innovation and Business Best Practice},
  volume = 2013 (2013),
  pages = 12,
  doi = 10.5171/2013.768378,
  abstract = {Innovation forms the basis of economic growth and development. The “innovation system” concept started receiving more attention in literature since the 1980s, but very few studies have attempted to explain the functioning of such a system. Therefore, the need arose to develop a model for an innovation system against which specific innovation systems could be compared and evaluated. Different models for an innovation system, as described in literature, were evaluated against findings of empirical studies in literature. Subsequently, a conceptual, descriptive framework for an innovation system model was developed. The participants that play a role in the innovation system were found to include, primarily, the innovative firms that are at the centre of the innovation system due to their importance in the contribution to innovative activities. Innovative firms were found to be operating in a complex matrix of other participants or actors.  It was further indicated that the strength of the linkages amongst participants has a positive effect on the innovative performance of the system and so is important for the transfer of finances, knowledge and technology. The conceptual model serves as a point of departure for the evaluation of innovation systems. },
  keywords = {conceptual model, innovation systems, innovation role players, linkages.},
  note = Article ID: 768378
}