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 …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the innovation literature, with special focus on studies … applying a complexity perspective. As a contribution in its own right to the innovation literature, the review clarifies the … study of innovation, and identifies some of the applications of the theory. Design/methodology/approach – A literature …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the recurrences in the empirical evidences that link open innovation … (OI) actions and innovation performance in European countries. It provides managers with useful strategic suggestions …/methodology/approach – The authors systematically reviewed empirical articles linking OI actions and innovation performance in European countries …

Purpose – The paper, covering the actual argument of open innovation, aims to answer two main research questions …, namely: “Which open innovation approach is adopted by the companies belonging to the ICTs industry?” and “Which types of … in three main phases: first, a literature review on the matter of open innovation in general and within the ICTs industry …