We extend the Profit from Innovation (PFI) framework (Teece, 1986) by combining it with open innovation insights: we explore when and how managers make the transition between closed and open innovation, and how they use appropriation (formal and informal defense mechanisms) and project...

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Theoretical Lens: Contingency Theory</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Literature Review</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Measuring Inbound Open Innovation <ul><li class="bullet"> Dimension one of inbound open innovation: Breadth</li><li class="bullet"> Dimension two of inbound open innovation: Depth</li><li class="bullet"> Dimension three of inbound open innovation: Ambidexterity</li></ul> <p></li></ul>...</p>

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Studies of open innovation are predominantly concerned with firm-level strategy development. The result is that the literature has largely ignored the multiple contingencies that influence the implementation of an open strategy at the level of the NPD project. In this paper, we develop a...