Purpose Focusing on some relevant constructs defined by the open innovation (OI) literature (i.e. determinants of …; organizational and social context; innovation performance in terms of novelty and efficiency), this paper investigates the … both types of partners, while an aggressive innovation strategy is positively related only to scientific-partner depth …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … terms of gains for innovation performance, but also show that collaboration has decreasing and even negative returns on … product innovation if its intensity increases above a certain threshold. In particular, costs start outweighing benefits if a …