Mitsuru Kodama is a Professor of Innovation and Technology Management in the College of Commerce and Graduate School of Business Administration at Nihon University.

• List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface Mitsuru Kodama Part 1: Review of Previous Studies and a New Theoretical Framework 1.Health Support Ecosystem and Innovation Management Mitsuru Kodama 2. Theory of Collaborative Innovation and Management Innovation Mitsuru Kodama Part 2: In-depth Case Studies 3. Building a Health Support Ecosystem between Hospitals Toshiro Takahashi, Daisuke Koide, Mu-Ho Liu, and Takenori Aoki 4. Product Innovation of a Timeline System as a Health Support Ecosystem Yoshiaki Kondo 5. Building a Health Support Ecosystem through Links across Industry, Academia, and Government Mitsuru Kodama 6. Building a Health Support Ecosystem that Utilizes Pharmacoeconomics Makoto Shiragami 7. Achieving Health Support Innovation in a Smart City Concept Nobuyuki Tokoro 8. A Health Support Innovation Model for Generating a Business Ecosystem Mitsuru Kodama Part 3: Results and Discussion 9. Comparative Case Studies and New Implications Mitsuru Kodama 10. Conclusions and Issues for Future Research Mitsuru Kodama Contributors Index

Mitsuru Kodama is a Professor of Innovation and Technology Management in the College of Commerce and Graduate School of Business Administration at Nihon University.

• List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface Mitsuru Kodama Part 1: Review of Previous Studies and a New Theoretical Framework 1.Health Support Ecosystem and Innovation Management Mitsuru Kodama 2. Theory of Collaborative Innovation and Management Innovation Mitsuru Kodama Part 2: In-depth Case Studies 3. Building a Health Support Ecosystem between Hospitals Toshiro Takahashi, Daisuke Koide, Mu-Ho Liu, and Takenori Aoki 4. Product Innovation of a Timeline System as a Health Support Ecosystem Yoshiaki Kondo 5. Building a Health Support Ecosystem through Links across Industry, Academia, and Government Mitsuru Kodama 6. Building a Health Support Ecosystem that Utilizes Pharmacoeconomics Makoto Shiragami 7. Achieving Health Support Innovation in a Smart City Concept Nobuyuki Tokoro 8. A Health Support Innovation Model for Generating a Business Ecosystem Mitsuru Kodama Part 3: Results and Discussion 9. Comparative Case Studies and New Implications Mitsuru Kodama 10. Conclusions and Issues for Future Research Mitsuru Kodama Contributors Index

Mitsuru Kodama is a Professor of Innovation and Technology Management in the College of Commerce and Graduate School of Business Administration at Nihon University.

• List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface Mitsuru Kodama Part 1: Review of Previous Studies and a New Theoretical Framework 1.Health Support Ecosystem and Innovation Management Mitsuru Kodama 2. Theory of Collaborative Innovation and Management Innovation Mitsuru Kodama Part 2: In-depth Case Studies 3. Building a Health Support Ecosystem between Hospitals Toshiro Takahashi, Daisuke Koide, Mu-Ho Liu, and Takenori Aoki 4. Product Innovation of a Timeline System as a Health Support Ecosystem Yoshiaki Kondo 5. Building a Health Support Ecosystem through Links across Industry, Academia, and Government Mitsuru Kodama 6. Building a Health Support Ecosystem that Utilizes Pharmacoeconomics Makoto Shiragami 7. Achieving Health Support Innovation in a Smart City Concept Nobuyuki Tokoro 8. A Health Support Innovation Model for Generating a Business Ecosystem Mitsuru Kodama Part 3: Results and Discussion 9. Comparative Case Studies and New Implications Mitsuru Kodama 10. Conclusions and Issues for Future Research Mitsuru Kodama Contributors Index