-organizational learning, harvesting innovation and engaging in entrepreneurial activities. Recently, a new model of open innovation … interviews with program managers, corporate employees and startups) from various industries in Germany. By drawing on … institutional theory our findings show that the diffusion of the open innovation collaboration practice is either imitatively or …

Global policy discussions increasingly focus on innovation and the knowledge economy as a driver of long-term growth …. In parallel new forms of innovation processes are emerging, notably open innovation and innovation networks stressing the …