Towards an analytical framework to analyse the evolution of innovation systems

The global manufacturing industry plummeted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure the resilient and sustainable fostering of novel manufacturing innovations, the innovation system within which innovations are developed should be nurturing and supportive. Therefore, an analytical framework may be developed to guide innovators through the evaluation of manufacturing innovation systems. To develop the framework, the Design Science Research methodology is utilised, this paper presenting the theoretical framework development phase. The literature on the innovation system framework is utilised to develop a synthesis of innovation system tools to develop a CIMO-based EHA framework - an evolutionary guide to study a system's development over time to determine the influence of context, how and where transformation occurred, and the impact it had on the system's development. The framework also provides a method to define a system's outputs and socio-economic outcomes.