A Process View and a Framework of Open Innovation in SMEs
The ProQuest website posted an article which is a research-in-progress outcome of a large-scale study of open innovation in European SMEs. The study presents a process model of an open innovation in SMEs, which has been developed and validated through the course of studying the cases of 117 Europe-based SMEs (of various sectors, region and lifecycle stage) practicing open innovation. The proposed framework provides a non-linear, cyclic model of SME’ open innovation, which considers not only internal company space, but also extra-organizational or open innovation space.
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