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Studies of open innovation are predominantly concerned with firm-level strategy development. The result is that the literature has largely ignored the multiple contingencies that influence the implementation of an open strategy at the level of the NPD project. In this paper, we develop a...

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Theoretical Lens: Contingency Theory</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Literature Review</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Measuring Inbound Open Innovation <ul><li class="bullet"> Dimension one of inbound open innovation: Breadth</li><li class="bullet"> Dimension two of inbound open innovation: Depth</li><li class="bullet"> Dimension three of inbound open innovation: Ambidexterity</li></ul> <p></li></ul>...</p>

This paper looks at the special characteristics of radical inventions. It tries to identify those variables that differentiate radical inventions from non-radical inventions. Since radical inventions are very important for the economy as a whole and for the individual firm performances,...

Although the literature converges regarding the reasons why and how networks of technology alliances are formed, there is still lack of agreement on what constitutes an optimal network structure, once it has been formed. The aim of this paper is to fill this void and to determine what...

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External knowledge sourcing is increasingly important for corporate entrepreneurship. In this study, we examine the effect of external and relational uncertainty on the governance choice for inter-organizational technology sourcing. We develop a number of hypotheses about the impact of...