Lopes, JoãoFarinha, LuísFerreira, João J.2019-01-072019-01-072018Lopes, J., Farinha, L., & Ferreira, J. J. (2018). Value creation and commercialization in insular ecosystems. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.2018070107http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/6313Thisarticleaimstoevaluatetheresourcesandcapabilitiesininsularregions,andalsotounderstand howvaluecreationandcommercializationtakeplaceintheexistingecosystems.Aqualitativeresearch methodologywasfollowedthroughacasestudy,incorporatinginterviewswithincubatorsmanagersof theinsularregionsofPortugal(AzoresandMadeira).Theresultsshowsomedifficultiesasaresultof theecosystem’sinsularity.Toshortentheinsularregionsdissymmetrycomparedtoothernon-insular regions,anewmodelisproposedtohelptheseregionsovercometheireconomicandsocialproblems.engCommercializationEcosystemsIslandQuadruple HelixRIS3Value Creationjournal article10.4018/IJSESD.2018070107