Drechsler, Wenzel; Natter, Martin - In: Journal of Business Research 65 (2012) 3, pp. 438-445
The degree of openness in innovation, ranging from closed to multiple levels of openness, is a key strategic decision … this study is that the degree of openness underlies separate mechanisms for being closed in innovation and higher degrees … imitation. The most important factors that increase the degree of openness are a firm's need for financial funding in innovation …