Ecossistemas de inovação: evidências bibliométricas a partir dos modelos de tríplice hélice e hélice quádrupla

Abstract

The concept of innovation can be understood as the implementation of new ideas capable of promoting improvements in products, services, or organizational methods, generating value, improving efficiency or solving problems. In this context, innovation ecosystems emerge, increasingly seeking institutional and regional development, as well as their partnerships and impacts. This study sought to analyze the scientific production on innovation ecosystems, through a bibliometric approach, in order to identify the main actors, thematic trends, and the geographical distribution of research. The research was basic, exploratory, and descriptive using a mixed-methods approach. It was based on a set of academic journals published between 2011 and 2025, extracted from the Scopus database. The bibliometric research was supported by the VOSviewer software to structure and analyze the clusters, mapping networks of authors and thematic trends. The results demonstrated that in the last decade, research related to innovation ecosystems has evolved. In Brazil, the topic is still recent and not widely disseminated, but paths have been forged with the aim of promoting improvements in the field of innovation and in the articulation between academia, companies, governments, and civil society. Among the growing themes are innovation ecosystems, knowledge democracy, governance, academic enterprise, and business university. In the areas of study, business management, economics, and social sciences stand out, which directly address the scope of administration. The results contribute to advancing the academic debate in the field of management by highlighting how innovation ecosystems have been structured, governed, and analyzed from different institutional perspectives.