Barriers to Open Innovation: Case China

Savitskaya, Irina; Salmi, Pekka; Torkkeli, Marco T.

doi:10.4067/s0718-27242010000400002

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“…The underdeveloped state of markets for technology transactions also presents a barrier to outbound open innovation practices (Savitskaya, Salmi, and Torkkeli, 2010). These limitations in China's current innovation system tend to hinder its progress towards openness.…”

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“…In addition, many of domestic firms still maintain strict privacy of operational and strategic information, driven partially by unfavourable social cultural norms, a weak IP protection environment, and a complex IP rights legislation system (Savitskaya, Salmi, and Torkkeli, 2010). The underdeveloped state of markets for technology transactions also presents a barrier to outbound open innovation practices (Savitskaya, Salmi, and Torkkeli, 2010).…”

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“…Other evidence of the emerging trend towards openness in China is appearing, including enhanced porosity of organisational boundaries (Liu and White, 2001;McAdam, Moffett and 4 Peng, 2012); increased science and technology (S&T) and research and development (R&D) outsourcing activities (Liu and Lundin, 2008); increased in-sourcing of advanced foreign technologies (Fu and Xiong, 2011;Liu and White, 2001); globalisation of R&D by acquisition of foreign research centres and setting up R&D units globally (Liu and Lundin, 2008); growing industry-science linkages through establishing S&T industrial parks, university science parks and technology business incubators (Motohashi and Yun, 2007;Savitskaya, Salmi, and Torkkeli, 2010); and more effective commercialisation of new technologies, especially in the form of spin-offs from universities and public research institutes, licensing, and intellectual property (IP) selling (Chang and Shih, 2004;Fu and Xiong, 2011).…”

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“…Its National Innovation System (NIS) has experimented a series of reform initiatives driving it from a plan-based system towards a market-based open system of innovation (Liu and Lundin, 2008). These initiatives include establishing special economic zones across China to support the development of high-technology enterprises, top-down systemic reforms, and bottom-up initiatives supporting the development of enterprise-centred innovation activities (Liu and Lundin, 2008;Savitskaya, Salmi, and Torkkeli, 2010).…”

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Does open innovation apply to China? Exploring the contingent role of external knowledge sources and internal absorptive capacity in Chinese large firms and SMEs

Huang

Rice

Martin

2015

Journal of Management & Organization

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While 'open innovation' is often considered to be an organisational strategy with universal application, the generalisability of this set of arrangements to organisations operating within emerging economies has yet to be fully explored. This study provides empirical evidence of its importance within a substantial sample of Chinese large firms and SMEs. Using Tobit regression analysis, our findings indicate that external knowledge sources from inter-firm networking are more important in creating the benefits of open innovation for Chinese SMEs than their larger peers. Linkages to university and research institutes generally have few direct effects on the innovation performance of both large and small firms in China. However, the role of universities and research institutes is shown to be important among our large firm sample when combined with evident internal absorptive capacity. This interaction is generally limited to our large firm sample, and is not as evident among small firms. Our study indicates that the barriers to the adoption of open innovation by Chinese firms might be largely related to the comparatively weak domestic research expertise and limited organisational absorptive capabilities, with this most particularly evident for SMEs.These findings suggest that, based on this evidence, there is no need for emerging economies like China to mimic the emergence path from closed to open innovation followed by developed countries. Chinese firms will be more likely to garner the benefits available from openness when they develop the capabilities required to identify, assimilate and commercialise knowledge and technologies obtained from external sources.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Does open innovation apply to China? Exploring the contingent role of external knowledge sources and internal absorptive capacity in Chinese large firms and SMEs

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Martin

2015

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“…Of course, in terms of outside-in open innovation for the process necessary for the absorption capacity as the ability to integrate knowledge may vary, because one firm can better use the internal knowledge while the others can use more externally obtained knowledge (Todorova & Durisin, 2007). Østergaard et al (2011) Savitskaya, Salmi & Torkkeli (2010) revealed that the economic systems and institutions can have a huge effect on the firm's behavior and respect. The importance of uniqueness can vary in the processes of knowledge buying and selling.…”

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Assumptions of Customer Knowledge Enablement in the Open Innovation Process

Jokubauskienė

Vaitkienė

2017

Economics and Business

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Abstract. In the scientific literature, open innovation is one of the most effective means to innovate and gain a competitive advantage. In practice, there is a variety of open innovation activities, but, nevertheless, customers stand as the cornerstone in this area, since the customers' knowledge is one of the most important sources of new knowledge and ideas. Evaluating the context where are the interactions of open innovation and customer knowledge enablement, it is necessary to take into account the importance of customer knowledge management. Increasingly it is highlighted that customers' knowledge management facilitates the creation of innovations. However, it should be an examination of other factors that influence the open innovation, and, at the same time, customers' knowledge management. This article presents a theoretical model, which reveals the assumptions of open innovation process and the impact on the firm's performance.

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