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Innovation Constraints: R&D role in Successful Innovation & Performance
The Journal of Business and Management posted a study on constraints to innovation which utilized qualitative data collected from extensive literature review and allowed for a robust discourse. Findings revealed that an obvious significant relationship exists between research and development, innovation, firms’ performance and economic growth. The
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Inbound and Outbound Practices of Open Innovation and Eco-Innovation
The Journal of Open Innovation published a study which analyzes the effects of open innovation on eco-innovation, based on inbound and outbound support practices. Specifically, it aims to analyze the effects of these practices on the eco-innovative performance of bioeconomy and non-bioeconomy firms.
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Managing Open Innovation in Large Firms
The Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, in the US and the Fraunhofer Society in Germany have teamed up to conduct the first large sample survey of open innovation adoption among large firms: “Managing Open Innovation in Large Firms.” Surveying
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Why Now Is the Time for “Open Innovation”
The Harvard Business Review posted a very incisive and informative review of the state of and challenges faced by open innovation. It notes that the recent burst of open innovation demonstrates the massive potential of open innovation. Open innovation has the potential to widen the space for value
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Innovation by Proxy: Clusters as Ecosystems Facilitating Open Innovation
The JEMI website posted a paper which investigates the potential role of clusters as intermediaries of open innovation for cluster members. The article conceptually links open innovation and clusters, proposes and categorizes roles of clusters as open innovation intermediaries, as well as indicates factors
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A Strategic Design Guideline for Open Business Models
The International Journal of Automation Technology posted a study which noted that to realize a competitive product-service system, a manufacturer is required to change its closed business model and develop open and sustainable alliances with external partners. As an alternative business model, an open
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Open Innovation: A Study About the 3M and Natura – Brazil Companies
The IberoAmerican Journal of Strategic Management posted a study whose aim is to verify how Natura and 3M businesses included open innovation in their everyday practices. The results show that open innovation is understood by companies like a strategy that permeates the ecosystem to the complement of
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Managing the Challenges of Business-to-Business Open Innovation in Complex Projects
The Science Direct website posted a study which noted that research shows that knowledge sharing and system integration are two major challenges posed by openness to business partners in complex innovation projects. However, there remains limited research on the microfoundations (i.e., actions and practices)
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Technology and Strategic Surprise: Adapting to an Era of Open Innovation
An article in the The US Army War College Quarterly noted that technological revolutions affecting military innovation and state power can be either open or closed. In the twentieth century, military technological innovation was mainly closed. By contrast, in the twenty-first century technological innovation
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The Practice of Open Innovation by SMEs in the Food Industry
The Journal of Innovation Management published a study which examines the practice of open innovation by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the food industry. The results of the analysis show that food SMEs practice open innovation mostly through inbound open innovation activities rather than
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