
Walking the Tightrope of Open Innovation
The Lund University School of Economics and Management posted a study whose purpose is to gain a deeper understanding of what barriers the individual employee who performs open innovation practices is facing in the transition phase–what happens between the front-end to the back-end of the process–and what behavior the individual chooses
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The Practice of Open Innovation by SMEs in the Food Industry
The Journal of Innovation Management published a study which examines the practice of open innovation by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the food industry. The results of the analysis show that food SMEs practice open innovation mostly through inbound open innovation activities rather than
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A Systematic Literature Study from 2013 to 2018:The Role of Knowledge in Open Innovation
The website Ideas posted an article which aims to provide a systematic review of the knowledge activities examined by previous literature to support OI results. The findings enhanced the understanding of the various sources of knowledge practices and was able identify the best practices based on inbound,
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Customer Knowledge Management, Inbound Open Innovation and Firm Performance
The IOS Press website noted that open innovation is one of the most effective ways to innovate and gain a competitiveness of enterprises, and customer knowledge stands as the cornerstone in all the external sources of innovation. As a result, the management of customer knowledge is critical for the implementation
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An Open Innovation Project Typology of Exploration and Exploitation
The Springer website posted a study which first appeared in the Journal of the Knowledge Economy which noted that before engaging in how firms can embrace different forms of OI activities simultaneously, there is a need to reassess how OI research approaches the idea of exploiting current capabilities
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Innovation Policy Instruments Through the Lens of Open Innovation
The Revistes website at the University of Barcelona posted a study originally published in the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business which examines the degree to which existing public innovation policies promote open innovation by companies. The results show that innovation policies in Spanish
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An Analysis of Open Innovation Strategies in Firms in Low and Medium Technology Industries
The IEEE Transactions website posted a study analyzes how firms in low and medium technology industries implement their OI strategy. It explores common patterns in OI strategies by considering inbound, outbound, and coupled OI practices. It also examines whether there are differences in innovation performance
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Using Open Innovation to Address a Societal Challenge
The Wiley Online Library website posted a study which appeared in the journal R&D Management which explores how a community uses open innovation over time to tackle a global societal challenge. The study developed a process model that describes how inbound, outbound, and coupled open innovation
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Establishing Open Innovation Culture in Cluster Initiatives
The Science Direct website posted a research paper which studied the performance of firms located in clusters. It examined inbound and outbound open innovation in terms of organizational culture in a geographic cluster. It found that agglomeration effects lead to higher trust and information asymmetries
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Open Innovation and SMEs Performance in Oil and Gas Industry
The South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences posted an article which seeks to identify the factors of inbound open innovation and whether these factors influence the financial performance of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The results show
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