of this paper is to explore, from a firm‐level perspective, organizational characteristics for continuous innovation in … previous research on organizational characteristics for continuous innovation. Findings – Google's organization can be viewed … as a dynamic and open corporate system for continuous innovation, involving the entire organization and supported by an …

Purpose – By increasing connectivity between multiple partners, the new paradigm of open innovation has been argued to … innovation has on the creative climate. The purpose of this paper is to start filling that knowledge gap by exploring the … creative climate in an open innovation arena called SAFER, where 26 partner organizations meet to innovate together. Design …

Purpose – Although the potential of innovation networks that involve both university and industry actors is great … variances in cultures, goals and knowledge poses significant challenges. To better understand management of such innovation … research centers that govern university-industry innovation networks. Findings – The authors provide empirically grounded …

innovation through the development of an open innovation taxonomy. By analyzing published case studies using numerical taxonomy … methods, it proposes a taxonomic classification of open innovation. Design/methodology/approach – Earlier work on firm … collaboration and concepts related to open innovation in order to understand the main motivations, and conditions behind open …

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the strategic dimension of outbound open innovation (OOI) with a focus on …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how and how much open innovation is used across Europe. The goal … innovation activities in Europe. Design/methodology/approach – Data from 180 European companies were used to test three … hypotheses on open innovation adoption and the role of internal R&D. Data were collected in 2009 and the sample comprises …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of an open outside‐in innovation management strategy on … companies' innovativeness and innovation performance. Specifically, it focuses on the adoption of the open innovation paradigm … the outside‐in process in R&D management is of crucial importance for achieving high direct and indirect innovation output …

Purpose – This paper aims to advance the paradox management perspective by applying it to open innovation networks in … Finland and argues that paradox management is an important explicit logic to consider in the management of open innovation …, and government agencies. Findings – The open innovation networks exhibited many of the same tensions discussed in …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of inside‐out open innovation (as opposed to closed … innovation) on firm innovation performance. Inside‐out open innovation involves the exploitation of existing internal … technologies through innovation and commercialization. Design/methodology/approach – Hypotheses are tested empirically using survey …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the spatial organisation of the open innovation … collaborations are less relevant. The results also show that the firm's openness strategy has a weak influence on innovation capacity … but firms that introduce more innovations are those that embrace an open innovation strategy to a greater extent than the …