Open Innovation Strategies in SMEs

Rahman, Hakikur; Ramos, Isabel

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“…The international literature on the subject contains papers which focus on the issue of open innovation and the implementation of the UI model in the food processing industry, including in micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (e.g., Bogers et al, 2010;Franke et al, 2016;Omta et al, 2018;Pieper, 2019;Rahman & Ozuem, 2019;Rayna et al, 2015;Rayna & Striukova, 2016;Roszkowska, 2018;Tacer et al, 2018). As for the Polish literature on the subject, the researchers concentrate mostly on the issue of open innovation oftentimes putting it in contrast with concepts such as competitiveness, creativity, w jej wyniku, nastąpiło otwarcie procesów innowacyjnych, a zatem zaangażowanie w ich przebieg źródeł informacji lub podmiotów pochodzących spoza organizacji i jednoczesne odejście od modeli o charakterze zamkniętym.…”

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Implementation of the User Innovation Model in Micro-, Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Food Processing Industry

Kuberska,

Grzybowska-Brzezińska,

Zachłowski

2023

Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej / Problems of Agricultural Economi

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The aim of the study was to identify the degree of implementation of the user innovation (UI) model in selected food processing industries in Poland and it was achieved through the following research objectives: (1) to identify the sources of information used in the course of innovation processes by innovative enterprises -divided into external and internal sources, (2) to determine to what extent users (consumers in particular) are involved in the course of individual stages of the innovation process, and (3) to compare the degree of consumer involvement in the course of innovation processes with the innovation level of innovative enterprises. Primary data was obtained through an interview method (a survey employing the CAWI method), conducted among 215 micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises in the meat processing, juice production, and milk processing industries. The time scope of the survey was 2018-2019 and the survey was conducted in mid-2021. Approximately two-thirds of innovative enterprises use information from consumers during the innovation process and consumers are involved to a different degree in its respective stages. Most often enterprises engage consumers during the stage of innovation impulse, creating and testing prototypes. A significant share of innovative enterprises uses information from consumers during the innovation process. The companies that reported the highest number of innovations were, to a large extent, those that involved consumers at more stages of the innovation process. The application of the UI model assumptions can be considered as conducive to shaping innovativeness of the analyzed food processing industries.

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Implementation of the User Innovation Model in Micro-, Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Food Processing Industry

Kuberska,

Grzybowska-Brzezińska,

Zachłowski

2023

Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej / Problems of Agricultural Economi

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“…Although the developing countries are thought to have poor industrial, export and innovation capabilities and be mainly imitators or adopters of technologies and knowledge developed elsewhere, the trend is changing [10]. Currently, many developing countries are advancing their infrastructures, capabilities and commercializing many innovations [11].…”

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“…SMEs are becoming key sources of the innovation and sustainable growth in many economies in this group [26]. In addition they are familiarizing their entrepreneurships through university spin-offs and intensifying the industryuniversity relations to commercialize ready-made knowledges [10]. In this context (错误!未找到引用源。), while the governments play strong role in creating the network [27], financing and steering of institutions and providing financial and regulatory inducements [28], the other stakeholders nurture knowledge of new technologies, market channels, process improvements etc.…”

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“…They are increasingly playing important role in innovation, but often lack resources to develop and commercialize new products in-house and are more prone to collaboration and openings [4]. They must collaborate with external partners to innovate successfully, develop new sources of income, and reach more profitable positions in the competitive landscapes [10]. Moreover, as the innovation becomes so complex and difficult to be handled by one firm and the pertinent knowledge is distributed across various firms and institutions [3,4], the governments and relevant bodies need to take the assignment to integrate SMEs towards the development initiatives.…”

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Adopting Open Innovation Strategy to Empower SMEs in Developing Countries

Gebremichael¹,

Hou²,

Sun³

2016

Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Engineering and Technology Innovations

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Abstract:Recently open innovation practice in SMEs has received an extensive attention in the scientific research, management and government. Nonetheless, most previous studies were contextualized to firm's capabilities and quality of the external knowledge infrastructures from the advanced countries. Studies on the practices of open innovation in SMEs from developing countries are scant. Researching the practice and benefit of OI strategy with regard to the actual capabilities of SMEs and the actual technological and knowledge infrastructures is imperative. This paper explores how open innovation strategy could be adopted to accelerate the technological learning and performance of SMEs in developing countries. It examined the practices and trends and searched contextual framework for adopting open innovation practice of SMEs in developing countries. The paper shows that establishing synergetic relationship oriented towards the jointly and individually creation, diffusion and usage of knowledge is critical to boost the SMEs' learning capability and performance in developing countries.

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Open Innovation in Entrepreneurships:Agents of Transformation towards the Knowledge-Based Economy

Rahman

Ramos

2012

InSITE Conference

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Innovation and globalization are the two essential components of economic achievement. The Internet is the catalyst and its emerging forms are assisting in this aspect. But, due to the global economic crisis, nations and enterprises are facing challenges. Those challenges include social, cultural, economical and political contexts. To overcome, all entities jointly and, or individually are trying through various policies, strategies and activities. Furthermore, the transformation of technologies has also transformed those strategies and approaches through the years. The main focus of this paper emphasizes on agents of transformation in OECD region to find open innovation in entrepreneurships leading to establishment of a knowledge based economy. This paper has found a few of the strategies that are acting as the agents of these transformations deducting from several exhaustive reports made by the OECD Secretariat. The paper has also reviewed extant literatures, including classical and relevant contributions supporting the hypothesis. The research observes that during this period (1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011) open innovation strategies have been transformed towards the knowledge based economy. In this aspect, the paper has synthesized a few key elements of the transformation ranging from human resources to venture capital to patenting. Before concluding on the research findings, the paper has tried to develop a research framework in relation to the agents of transformation.

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Open Innovation Strategies in SMEs

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Implementation of the User Innovation Model in Micro-, Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Food Processing Industry

Implementation of the User Innovation Model in Micro-, Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Food Processing Industry

Adopting Open Innovation Strategy to Empower SMEs in Developing Countries

Open Innovation in Entrepreneurships:Agents of Transformation towards the Knowledge-Based Economy

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