Optimal Degree of Openness in Open iInnovation

An article in the Science Direct website noted that open innovation has become an important mode for firms to improve innovation performance. If the openness is too low, it will reduce the opportunity to acquire external knowledge, while too open will increase the risk of internal knowledge leakage. Therefore, the degree of openness plays a key role in the use of open innovation to improve innovation performance. The study’s findings show that there are great differences in the optimal degree of openness under different situations. Moreover, as the situation changes, the optimal degree of openness changes regularly. More specifically, the more a firm’s knowledge network structure holes, the smaller the optimal openness breadth and the greater the optimal openness depth.

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