Table 2 Actor role typologies in...

Table 2

Actor role typologies in literature

Study characteristics	Specification in the study
Klimas and Czakon (2022)
Main focus and identified roles	Actor roles They want to identify how various actors contribute to co-innovation in innovation ecosystems Identified roles: Direct value creation, supporting value creation, encouraging entrepreneurship and leadership
Role characteristics	Activities under the role
Context	Gaming innovation ecosystems > Ecosystem
Method and underpinning theory	Method: Qualitative Concept: Ecosystem Concept: Co-creation
Link to engagement	The co-creation is based on the actor's engagement
Relation to this research (similarities and differences)	Similarities Qualitative approach Characterization of roles at a high level of abstraction Differences Context (innovation ecosystem vs. collaboration) In this paper, roles are characterised by observable activities, whereas in our study, roles are based on engagement disposition and the enactment of engagement
Davey and Grönroos (2019)
Main focus and identified roles	Health service literacy roles Explore actor-level interactions in transformative services, identify health service literacy roles and how these roles influence resource integration processes Identified roles: Five patients (seeker, decider, networker, sensemaking, manager) and three health service providers' health service literacy roles (knowledge broker, ethical agent, enabler) and their readiness dimensions
Role characteristics	Actors agency and role readiness dimensions
Context	Health service → Service system
Method and underpinning theory	Method: Qualitative Theory: Transformative service research Concept: Service literacy Concept: Co-creation
Link to engagement	The co-creation is based on the actor's engagement
Relation to this research (similarities and differences)	Similarities Qualitative approach Consideration of role readiness vs. engagement disposition as the readiness to engage Differences Context (health service systems vs. collaborations) This paper considers agency as a characteristic of roles, whereas in our study, roles are conceptualized based on engagement disposition and the activity of engaging Provider-beneficiary perspective
Ekman et al. (2016)
Main focus and identified roles	Actor roles Created typology of generic actor roles Identified roles: Active provider, passive provider, active beneficiary, passive beneficiary, inactive and other external network actor
Role characteristics	Differentiation between provider/beneficiary and active/passive
Context	Service network of the self-service technology > Service network
Method and underpinning theory	Method: Qualitative Theory: S-D logic Concept: Co-creation
Link to engagement	The co-creation is based on the actor's engagement
Relation to this research (similarities and differences)	Similarities Qualitative approach Characterization of roles at a high level of abstraction Differences Context (service network vs. collaboration) Provider-beneficiary perspective This paper differentiates roles based on their activeness or passiveness, whereas our study differentiates the extent to which roles contribute to the collaboration

Study characteristics	Specification in the study
Klimas and Czakon (2022)
Main focus and identified roles	Actor roles They want to identify how various actors contribute to co-innovation in innovation ecosystems Identified roles: Direct value creation, supporting value creation, encouraging entrepreneurship and leadership
Role characteristics	Activities under the role
Context	Gaming innovation ecosystems > Ecosystem
Method and underpinning theory	Method: Qualitative Concept: Ecosystem Concept: Co-creation
Link to engagement	The co-creation is based on the actor's engagement
Relation to this research (similarities and differences)	Similarities Qualitative approach Characterization of roles at a high level of abstraction Differences Context (innovation ecosystem vs. collaboration) In this paper, roles are characterised by observable activities, whereas in our study, roles are based on engagement disposition and the enactment of engagement
Davey and Grönroos (2019)
Main focus andidentified roles	Health service literacy roles Explore actor-level interactions in transformative services, identify health service literacy roles and how these roles influence resource integration processes Identified roles: Five patients (seeker, decider, networker, sensemaking, manager) and three health service providers' health service literacy roles (knowledge broker, ethical agent, enabler) and their readiness dimensions
Role characteristics	Actors agency and role readiness dimensions
Context	Health service → Service system
Method and underpinning theory	Method: Qualitative Theory: Transformative service research Concept: Service literacy Concept: Co-creation
Link to engagement	The co-creation is based on the actor's engagement
Relation to this research (similarities and differences)	Similarities Qualitative approach Consideration of role readiness vs. engagement disposition as the readiness to engage Differences Context (health service systems vs. collaborations) This paper considers agency as a characteristic of roles, whereas in our study, roles are conceptualized based on engagement disposition and the activity of engaging Provider-beneficiary perspective
Ekman et al. (2016)
Main focus and identified roles	Actor roles Created typology of generic actor roles Identified roles: Active provider, passive provider, active beneficiary, passive beneficiary, inactive and other external network actor
Role characteristics	Differentiation between provider/beneficiary and active/passive
Context	Service network of the self-service technology > Service network
Method and underpinning theory	Method: Qualitative Theory: S-D logic Concept: Co-creation
Link to engagement	The co-creation is based on the actor's engagement
Relation to this research (similarities and differences)	Similarities Qualitative approach Characterization of roles at a high level of abstraction Differences Context (service network vs. collaboration) Provider-beneficiary perspective This paper differentiates roles based on their activeness or passiveness, whereas our study differentiates the extent to which roles contribute to the collaboration

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