Dimensions of Research for Open Innovation in SMEs
The ICI Global website noted that although the benefits of open innovation have been described in many studies, the underlying mechanisms of how companies can be successful open innovators have not be understood well. A growing community of innovation management researchers started to develop different frameworks to understand open innovation in a more systematic method. Vanhaverbeke, Chesbrough & West (2014) provided a thorough assessment of research conducted on open innovation, as well as a comprehensive overview of what will be the most important, most promising and most relevant research topics in this arena. Since then, open innovation research has been growing in an exponential way and research has evolved in different and unexpected directions. As the research field has grown, it becomes increasingly difficult for scholars to keep an overview of the most important trends in open innovation research, of the research topics that are most potential for the coming years, and of the most interesting management challenges that are emerging in enterprises practicing open innovation.
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