While firms increasingly adopt open innovation, little is known about whether firms gain or lose from this innovation … open innovation strategies, particularly collaboration and contractual forms of relationships for innovation (i ….e. innovation cooperation and R&D outsourcing/external R&D). The thesis is empirical and relates the various results to the data …

In the era of "open innovation", the choice of a cooperative strategy is one of the most significant factors … determining the effectiveness of innovation activities. The authors investigate the typical configurations of cooperative networks … innovation outcomes in terms of innovation novelty and export capacity. The most common cooperative strategy is vertical …

Case study representations and quantitative research in the field of open innovation indicate significant association … of open innovation with a firm’s innovation performance. However, open innovation is not dichotomous, it consists of … several distinct practices. This study aims to contribute to the existing knowledge on open innovation in organisations by …