writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Open innovation might well be a …

writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the papers in context. Findings Do patents hinder open innovation and … role of patents and the motives behind their applications to see if open innovation is being hindered. Ultimately, it seems …, patents may stifle innovation to some degree, but the security that they provide actually encourages firms to collaborate with …

Kitty and Kumamon. Findings – The paper suggests that utilizing experience-based promotions, open innovation and a royalty …

open innovation with different partners to fill existing voids and satisfy these consumer requirements. Scope … simultaneously exists for reverse innovation whereby products initially aimed at developing nations can subsequently be modified for …

other motives. Increasing importance of open innovation in firms is related to stronger bargaining motives to patent, and … even stronger protection motives. In fact, when comparing with closed innovation, the results show that open innovation is … that firms find it more important to patent when engaged in open innovation than when engaged in closed innovation …