This paper examines the use of innovation protection mechanisms in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). By starting from a knowledge-based view, the aim is to achive a better understanding of how the role perceived by innovating SMEs of patent protection and the long-term retention of qualified...

The objective of this study is to explore the determinants of joint knowledge generation within European networks of R&D collaboration. This study distinguishes between two types of joint knowledge generation: scientific and commercially relevant knowledge generation. Joint generation of...

"This book highlights the importance of inter discipline concepts in open innovation projects. It explores the concepts of virtual reality, knowledge harvesting, business process re-engineering, intellectual capital, social media and electronic devices with relevance to open innovation initiative"--

"This book highlights the importance of inter discipline concepts in open innovation projects. It explores the concepts of virtual reality, knowledge harvesting, business process re-engineering, intellectual capital, social media and electronic devices with relevance to open innovation initiative"--

Open innovation has rendered increased interest both in practice and research, and has expanded from dyadic transfers of ideas, to ecosystem levels. Knowledge is at the heart of open innovation, and this paper describes and discusses knowledge-transfer linkages for open innovation. It does so...

There is no doubt that the primary reason that firms encourage knowledge sharing is to drive innovation. As nutrients for innovation, what role do the different elements of intellectual capital play in this relationship? When we consider the ambidexterity of enterprise innovation - exploratory...