“…It shows a willingness and an expectation that other actors will meet commitments fairly, ethically, and benevolently (Chams-Anturi et al, 2020; Mayer et al, 1995; Welter, 2012). Trust, embedded into relationships of innovation ecosystems, is an enabler of ecosystem innovations through enhancing collaboration, openness of information, understandings of conflicts (Chams-Anturi et al, 2020; Steinbruch et al, 2022), and further mitigates opportunism (Carson et al, 2006). Reciprocity represents the exchanges of supports or assistance between parties (Dong et al, 2017) and a social norm requiring a counterpart or compensation which one entity asks for from the others (Hoppner & Griffith, 2011).…”