This article explores the effect of technological similarity in acquisitions on invention quantity and quality. In doing so, we confirm previous findings in the literature suggesting that technological similarity exhibits an inverted U-shaped relationship with innovative output and a negative...

In this paper, we develop and test a firm-level contingency model of inbound open innovation in an attempt to contribute to explaining the substantial disparities in open innovation payoff that exist between firms. Integrating elements from the resource- and knowledge-based views and the...

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Conceptual Background and Hypotheses <ul><li class="bullet"> Theoretical foundations</li><li class="bullet"> The promise of open innovation</li><li class="bullet"> The moderating role of innovation management <ul><li class="bullet"> Research capacity</li><li class="bullet"> Incentive system</li><li class="bullet"> Cross-functional collaboration</li></ul> <p></li></ul> <p></li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Methods <ul><li class="bullet"> Setting and data</li><li class="bullet"> Measures <ul><li class="bullet">...</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></p></p>