A “User-Knowledge-Product” Co-Creation Cyberspace Model for Product Innovation

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Previous research summary.

Related research	Co-creation user network	Co-creation knowledge network	Co-creation product network	Detailed contribution (+)/gap in the research (-)
Divakaran [24]		✓		+ Analysed the evolution and the dynamic pattern of brand associations.; − The considered weights and relationship of knowledge are simple.
Hao et al. [25]		✓		+ Various types of knowledge can be classified into different domains based on their semantics for better knowledge management.; − Only the co-occurrence relationship among knowledge was considered. The weights of knowledge were neglected.
Liu et al. [26]		✓		+ Constructed a semantic expression model of dynamic knowledge network in the context of big data.; − Only considered the semantic relationship among knowledge. No attention to the relation between user and knowledge and product for product innovation.
Liao et al. [27]		✓		+ The importance of each knowledge and the closeness among each knowledge can be clearly indicated in the network.; − Some character weights of knowledge and the similarity relationship among knowledge were neglected.
Tang et al. [14]	✓	✓		+ Comprehensively considering the users, attention, and frequency of knowledge, the authors constructed user network, text network, and semantics network of knowledge and the relationship among them.; − Some character weights of knowledge and the similarity relationship among knowledge were neglected.
Chen et al. [15]		✓		+ Support for knowledge acquisition and integration in the process of innovation and the exploration and evaluation of innovation issues.; − No attention to the relation between user and knowledge.
Yang et al. [16]		✓		+ Proposed a knowledge-driven product innovation design model.; − No attention to the relation between user and knowledge.
Yassine and Bradley [17]		✓		+ Constructed a knowledge network model based on data acquisition, transformation, and utilization to support product development and design.; − No attention to the relation between user and knowledge.
This paper	✓	✓	✓	+ (1) Combined some of the advantages of the construction of co-creation user and knowledge network in the related literature.; (2) Further considered some important but neglected weights and relationships of users and knowledge to make the network more comprehensive.; (3) Extend the previous network to a more systematic “user-knowledge-product” co-creation cyberspace model for better product innovation.; − The comparative analysis with the related research is required in the future to prove the priority of the model.