Open innovation: so far and a way forward

Abstract

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to identify strategic and tactical factors that are crucial to explore, in future, to get insight into the open innovation spectrum. Design/methodology/approach -The study is based on literature review. To explore progress and future needs of open innovation studies, various contributory papers have been consulted and analyzed. Findings -Definition of open innovation is yet to be clear-cut. What open innovation is and what it is not, is still being debated. Moreover, open innovation overlaps other concepts such as user generation, crowdsourcing, and distributed innovation. Even though research on open innovation has significantly grown, there are still many issues that need to be addressed to get insight about open innovation in various contexts. Studies are mostly performed in the context of large firms and in developed countries. Research in the context of developing countries is still almost an untouched area.Open innovation in the small to medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs') context has gained a foothold just recently. It is crucial to explore some managerial challenges, such as technology transfer, inbound and outbound process, absorptive and desorptive capacity development, particularly in the global open innovation context and it is essential to investigate how open innovation can be implemented for sustainable development.Originality/value -This study is one of the few, if not only one, that has reviewed the trend of open innovation research and its practical implementation. Both researchers and practitioners will get a snapshot of open innovation and its growing necessity in the business world. Some issues have been highlighted, so that future study can be focused in those directions.

Research ethics education in Korea for overcoming culture and value system differences

“…The degree of technology transfer varies enormously in different geographical locations. In technology transfer activities, US firms are more active than European firms while Asian firms are very passive (Hossain 2013). Among motivational factors such as attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control on employees' intention to exchange their knowledge, subjective norm has the strongest impact on it though attitude and perceived behavioral control also shows highly significant and positive effects in case studies of R&D departments of German companies (Verena & Cornelius 2014).…”

Embracing Open Innovation to Acquire External Ideas and Technologies and to Transfer Internal Ideas and Technologies Outside

“…Open innovation significantly focuses on lead users, consumers, communities, partners (Lakhani et al, 2008;Hienerth, 2006;Lettl et al, 2006;Huizingh, 2011), universities, and research organizations (Perkmann and Walsh, 2007). The open innovation concept overlaps with concepts such as open-source model, user innovation, and open distributed innovation (von Hippel, 2005;West and Gallagher, 2006;West and Lakhani, 2008;Bogers et al, 2010;Hossain, 2013).…”

Fontes Externas no Processo de Inovação Aberta: Fatores Potencializadores e Restritivos em Startups de Base Tecnológica

“…Pela nuvem de palavras constata-se que nas entrevistas as palavras mais repetidas foram "tecnologia", "universidade", "transferência", "mercado" e "patente" (em destaque na nuvem). Constatamos que essas palavras são comuns no âmbito de trabalhos sobre startups e inovação aberta (Chesbrough, 2003;Waguespack & Fleming, 2009;Brigidi, 2009;Abouzeedan & Hedner, 2012;Benedetti & Torkomian, 2013;Hossain, 2013;Spithoven, Vanhaverbeke, & Roijakkers, 2013;Souza & Mello, 2013;Vieira, Alcântara, & Bermejo, 2014). Essas palavras possuem forte relação com o processo de inovação aberta e fazem parte do cotidiano nas startups.…”

“…Apesar do número crescente de pesquisas sobre inovação aberta, os estudos sobre esse modelo de inovação nas pequenas, médias empresas e startups ainda são incipientes (Hossain, 2013;Spithoven, Vanhaverbeke, & Roijakkers, 2013;Vieira, Alcântara, & Bermejo, 2014). As pesquisas existentes têm destacado questões relacionadas à implementação da inovação aberta (Zeng, Xie, & Tam, 2010) e que a maioria das pequenas empresas não tem capacidade de P&D e, em consequência, esse modelo de inovação é até mais importante para essas empresas do que para as grandes (Benedetti & Torkomian, 2009;Spithoven, Vanhaverbeke, & Roijakkers, 2013).…”