The Relationship Between Inbound Open Innovation and the Innovative Use of Information Technology by Individuals in Teams of Start-ups
The Wiley Online Library posted a study which noted that based on the literature review of existing research and considering entrepreneurial teams’ demand to deal with the challenges, this paper analyses the relationship between entrepreneurial teams’ inbound open innovation strategy and the innovative use of information technology by individuals in teams of start-ups and based on the Identity Theory to explore the mechanism of IT identity on the relationship. The paper further analyses two types of team authorization (structural empowerment and psychological empowerment) that play different moderating roles in the relationship of inbound open innovation, IT identity and the innovative use of information technology by individuals in teams.
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