The existing literature on open innovation mostly concentrates on large firms. Little is known about the role of open … innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In this paper we explore how SMEs engage in open innovation search. We … draw upon a new survey of 1,489 SMEs. Results highlight that SMEs purposively open up to external innovation inputs. We …

Few studies on open innovation (OI) have addressed OI practices in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and how …

In this paper we explore how SMEs engage in external knowledge sourcing, a form of inbound open innovation. We draw … nature of external interactions and is linked to a distinct mixture of four internal practices for managing innovation. Both … managing innovation. However, they differ in their managerial focus on strategic and operational aspects …

We extend the Profit from Innovation (PFI) framework (Teece, 1986) by combining it with open innovation insights: we … explore when and how managers make the transition between closed and open innovation, and how they use appropriation (formal … and informal defense mechanisms) and project strategies to capture the value generated from the innovation at the project …

reduce each others' influence on innovation performance depending on the stage of the technology life cycle in the industry …

pressure, firms in high-tech industries invest a high percentage of their revenues in innovation. Despite the vast amount of … available innovation success stories, only one in five innovation projects will ever reach the market. It is important to … understand the drivers of project termination as innovation expenditures embody a sizable investment for many firms, and may have …

In this paper we test the relation between cognitive distance and innovation performance of firms engaged in technology …-based alliances. The key finding is that the hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped effect of cognitive distance on innovation performance …

the rate of innovation for companies with small patent and alliance portfolios. However, when the patent portfolio and … technologies have higher levels of innovation performance in subsequent years than companies that solely invest in incremental …