Web-based intermediaries that offer crowdsourcing services represent a new and promising way through which firms can leverage the power of a crowd to sustain their innovation performance. However, limited attention has been devoted thus far to understanding the relationship between the...

Although Open Innovation has been a highly researched and debated topic in the last decade, many relevant issues remain largely unexplored so far. An interesting question to address is whether and how Open Innovation has a dissimilar impact on the organization and management systems of firms...

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Overview of the Literature</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Theoretical Framework <ul><li class="bullet"> External organization</li><li class="bullet"> Internal organization</li><li class="bullet"> ¡°Trigger¡± for open innovation</li></ul> <p></li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Research Methodology</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Results and Discussion <ul><li class="bullet"> External organization <ul><li class="bullet"> The exploration versus exploitation purpose of...</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></p>

New Product Development (NPD) service providers have assumed a prominent role in enabling a more widespread use of Open Innovation strategies, thanks to their ability to acquire, recombine and sell specialized knowledge and technologies. This paper adopts the point of view of the NPD service...