A (Sustainable) Innovation Ecosystem Supported by Digital Technologies: The “Lutech” Campus Case Study

This paper aims to analyze an Innovation Ecosystem led by a large corporation and supported by digital technologies to accomplish the transformation towards the sustainable principles. The research presents the Lutech Campus case study, an Open Innovation Hub guided by an international company operating in the field of digital technologies end-to-end solutions, aimed to create an ecosystem, in which the skills and knowledge of companies, institutions, academic world are integrated to create the virtuous circle of innovation. The focus will be on the role of digital technologies in enabling the product/service/prototype development processes of startups belonging to the Innovation Ecosystem in order to accomplish with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles. A specific attention is devoted to Artificial Intelligence and data analytics supporting the optimization of the Lutech decision making process within the (sustainable) Innovation ecosystem with regard to the startups and their technological trajectories. The research will contribute to the advancement of knowledge about the Inno-vative Ecosystems supported by Digital Technologies. Findings will provide an holistic framework for designing and launching a (Sustainable) IE in terms of stakeholders, technologies, open innovation processes and components. Implications for theory and practices conclude the paper.