There are many different ways to define an innovation ecosystem and identify its characteristics and components. According to Moore 1993, an innovation ecosystem refers to a “loosely interconnected network of companies and other entities that coevolve capabilities around a shared set of technologies, knowledge, or skills, and work cooperatively and competitively to develop new products and services.”
In the Inland Empire, this ecosystem consists of interconnected stakeholders in higher education, industry, local government, community, and investment and funding organizations.