The TasLab portal for collaborative innovation

In this paper we present our experience with fostering collaborative innovation within the Trentino as a Lab (TasLab) environment, by creating the conditions for a successful integration of the innovation stakeholders in Trentino, Italy. In order to technically foster innovation we have implemented the TasLab portal, with the aim of promoting the synergic coordination and technology transfer among the three main innovation stakeholders that form the so-called innovation tripole: (i) final users, bringing domain knowledge and expectations, (ii) enterprises and SMEs, bringing knowledge of the market, and (iii) research centres, bringing the latest research results. The portal provides various functionalities related to collaborative innovation, including semi-automatic innovation tripole generation from the user created content, semantic search and so on. Finally, we discuss some implications of the approach implemented on the body of knowledge on innovation and concurrent enterprising.