Open Innovation in Science
The journal Industry and Innovation published a special issue on Open Innovation in Science which noted that scientific fields oftentimes differ in their understanding of openness and collaboration, and some related practices have been discussed without a unified foundation of their open and collaborative aspects. This special issue focuses on Open Innovation in Science as a novel concept that provides a unifying frame to study openness and collaboration in scientific research. Taken together, the articles in this special issue highlight the variety of practices and the different levels of analysis that can contribute to a better understanding of the antecedents, effects, and contingencies of openness and collaboration in scientific research. Considering these articles jointly within the broader OIS framework points to additional promising directions for future research.
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