European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 14 Issue 1

Innovation modes and design as a source of innovation: a firm‐level analysis

Andrea Filippetti

The purpose of this article is to contribute to the empirical literature, which investigates innovation modes, by exploring the role of design as a source of innovation.

Small manufacturing and service enterprises as innovators: a comparison by size

Helena Forsman, Hannu Rantanen

This paper aims to focus on innovation development in enterprises with fewer than 50 employees. It explores differences in innovation capacity and in the diversity of developed…

Organizational politics in new product development project selection: A review of the current literature

Marion A. Weissenberger‐Eibl, Benjamin Teufel

Firms engaged in new product development (NPD) have to achieve a balanced portfolio of NPD projects. Despite the large number of models purporting to support portfolio…

Knowledge brokering: spanning technological and network boundaries

Carsten Bergenholtz

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the spanning of inter‐organizational weak ties and technological boundaries influences knowledge brokering.

The open innovation paradox: knowledge sharing and protection in R&D collaborations

Marcel Bogers

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the paradox that arises when firms simultaneously share and protect their knowledge in an alliance with other organizations. The goal…

Firm‐level performance impact of IS support for product innovation

Michael J. Zhang

This paper seeks to assess the bottom‐line (profitability) impact of information systems support for product innovation at the firm level, based on the current resource‐based view…

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

Rebecca Marsh