This article studies the relative impact on product innovation of R&D collaborations with universities, suppliers … provided to the firm and in the ease of access of this new knowledge, resulting in a different impact on product innovation. As … innovation, followed by R&D collaborations with suppliers, customers and, finally, competitors. The tests find that R …

stages of product or service innovation has caught a lot of attention in theory and practice. Especially since the Internet …. This phenomenon is known as Open Innovation (OI). In OI research, especially the integration of customers into the early … as a simple way to communicate with a broad audito- rium allows new forms of customer integration. Web-based innovation …