Guest editorial: innovation ecosystems: new perspectives and the way forward

Main parameters and agents involved in these relationships largely refer to market structures, technological capabilities, dynamic and integrative capabilities, entrepreneurship, government and regulations, culture, supportive services, human capital and local presence of research-oriented universities (Audretsch & Feldman, 1996; Fritsch, 2002; Stam, 2015; Heaton, Siegel, & Teece, 2019). In the governance of IEs in smart cities, attributes such as compliance, accountability, transparency and cybersecurity and technology roadmap strategies are part of the recent academic research agenda (Linde, Sjodin, Parida, & Wincent, 2021). [...]IEs can be understood as dynamic systems, possessing an inherently social character and being composed by the interaction of its components (Uyarra, 2010). [...]much of the literature on IE has addressed how element of economic geography affects the intensity of innovative activity.