Purpose – The authors aim to investigate the concept of open innovation, identify different open innovation practices which help describe the continuum between closed and open innovation, and propose a framework that suggests an association between innovation contexts and practices....

The aim of this paper is to investigate the pressure exerted by supply chain partners, especially large-scale business customers and public authorities, on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. More specifically, we analyze how SME...

Purpose – Sets out to investigate business modelingtechniques (BMTs) which can be used to support and improve innovation processeswithin small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – Based on a literature review, differentanalysis perspectives on innovation...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the new product management practices adopted by low‐tech small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the context of design‐intensive products. Design/methodology/approach – The results are based on a multi‐case comparative setting...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the firm’s role in the value creation process. In particular, after categorizing the activities that firms carry out to facilitate the creation of value, the “value space,” an actionable framework within which different dimensions of...