Purpose – When practicing innovation, attracting different intellectual capabilities (ICAs) is extremely important. The … reasoning is that innovation necessitates different ICA that can think differently together. Continuous pressure on finding …‐disciplinary approach. Findings – In order to attract different ICA the innovation leader needs to have an “outside in” approach as opposed …

Purpose – Many companies claim they are adopting an open approach to innovation, but each of them with its own way …. This paper aims to explore the different models for opening up the innovation process adopted in practice. Design … study distinguishes four different open innovation models with respect to two variables, representing the degree of openness …

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on understanding how demand for innovation is articulated in low‐tech industries …, dominated by SMEs, where innovation is often based on informal processes and uncodified knowledge, relying on intangible assets …. Design/methodology/approach – The authors hypothesize that the problems found in the innovation area are exacerbated in a …

knowledge and creative talent embedded in online customers' communities to sustain innovation in b‐2‐c industries. Design … leverage knowledge absorption from customers in the context of innovation. Findings – The paper suggests potential strategies … for conventional companies to engage consumers in knowledge (co‐creation) and collaborative innovation processes …

knowledge‐based perspective of innovation and performance improvement in health care (HC). Design/methodology/approach – The … and the meanings of a knowledge‐based perspective of innovation and performance improvement in HC. The model of the … innovation cycle is introduced and discussed. Finally, the article provides an overview of the papers of the special issue …

Organizations are changing their new product development processes in order to introduce improvements to innovation …

Purpose This paper aims to focus on the challenges and characteristics of innovation performance measurement in small … understanding of innovation performance measurement by clarifying how this measurement is used and by defining what must be improved …. Originality/value Appropriate measures can contribute to a significantly better understanding of innovation. However, studies on …

and variety in terms of partners, phases and contents) and innovation performance. Our study relies on data from 415 firms … innovation performance, by suggesting that the effectiveness of a firm’s technologically aggressive behavior is strongly related … to the intensification of collaboration with the partners along the innovation funnel. Conversely, openness variety seems …

Purpose – The paper focuses on the management of the innovation process. It provides a more comprehensive approach for … the analysis of the mutual relationships among creativity, knowledge and innovation (CKI), thus going beyond the one …-to-one basis of analysis prevailing in literature. Given the varied set of stakeholders concerned with innovation process outcomes …