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The Outermost Regions are remote territories of EU Member States and emergent innovators seeking to derive sustainable value from the 4th industrial revolution through their Engineering Innovation Ecosystems (EIEs). They face unique challenges for creating sustainable value, which is realized when late adopters within such EIEs are reached, and their intent aligns with Citizen Good Health and Well-Being. This paper presents the initial results of experimental inductive case-study research examining the conditions under which sustainable value can be achieved in the EIEs of the Azores and Madeira (Portugal), the Canary Islands (Spain) and La Réunion (France). The research applies Qualitative Comparative Analysis with Ecosystem, Innovation Diffusion, Sustainable Development, and Intellectual Capital assessment methods.
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Of similar character are EU Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs); Aruba (NL), Bonaire (NL), Curação (NL), French Polynesia (FR), French Southern and Antarctic Territories (FR), Greenland (DK), New Caledonia (FR), Saba (NL), Saint Barthélemy (FR), Sint Eustatius (NL), Sint Maarten (NL), St. Pierre and Miquelon (FR), Wallis and Futuna Islands (FR). The (scattered) island context is also shared by Cyprus (CY), Malta (MT), and Iceland (IS), the islands of the EU B7 Baltic Islands Network (Åland (FI), Bornholm (DK), Gotland (SE), Hiiumaa (EE), Öland (SE), Rügen (DE), and Saaremaa (EE), as well as the Mediterranean regions Baleares (ES), Corsica (FR), Crete (Greece), Notio Aigaio (GR), and Sardinia (IT).
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the EIT Cross-KIC HEI Initiative Project INCORE (P.6076: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education in Europe’s Outermost Regions) and the Foundation for Science and Technology's support through funding UIDB/04625/2020 from the research unit CERIS. The authors also express their deepest gratitude to the support received from M. Amaral (Instituto Superior Téchnico (IST, PT), E. Leite and E. Fernandes (Universidade da Madeira, PT), J. Arquillo and C. Oliveira (Universidad Europea de Canarias SL, ES), K. Addi (Université de La Réunion, FR), V. Correia (Trisolaris Lda., PT), B. Bodo and L. Lopes with M. Pinto (La Palma Research Centre SL, ES), L. Schneider (Entovation International, USA), as well as Y. Yehorova and P. Formica (Innovation Value Institute, Maynooth University, IE).
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Schwabe, O., Almeida, N. (2023). Realizing Sustainable Value from Engineering Innovation Ecosystems in EURope’s Outermost Regions. In: Crespo Márquez, A., Gómez Fernández, J.F., González-Prida Díaz, V., Amadi-Echendu, J. (eds) 16th WCEAM Proceedings. WCEAM 2022. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25448-2_4
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