European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 14 Issue 4

Firm‐specific factors and the openness degree: a survey of Italian firms

Valentina Lazzarotti, Raffaella Manzini, Luisa Pellegrini

Many companies claim they are adopting an open approach to innovation, but each of them with its own way. This paper aims to explore the different models for opening up the…

Separating the wheat from the chaff – a taxonomy of open innovation

Vanessa Duarte, Soumodip Sarkar

The main objective of this paper is to shed light on the confusion of terminologies related to open innovation through the development of an open innovation taxonomy. By analyzing…

Strategic application of outbound open innovation

Antero Kutvonen

This paper aims to examine the strategic dimension of outbound open innovation (OOI) with a focus on identifying strategic objectives for exploiting knowledge externally. It…

Open innovation modes and the role of internal R&D: An empirical study on open innovation adoption in Europe

Alexander Schroll, Andreas Mild

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how and how much open innovation is used across Europe. The goal of this study is therefore to provide comprehensive empirical evidence…

The impact of outside‐in open innovation on innovation performance

Matthias Inauen, Andrea Schenker‐Wicki

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of an open outside‐in innovation management strategy on companies' innovativeness and innovation performance. Specifically…

Paradoxical tensions in open innovation networks

Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa, Alina Wernick

This paper aims to advance the paradox management perspective by applying it to open innovation networks in Finland and argues that paradox management is an important explicit…

Open innovation

Sven Carlsson, Vincenzo Corvello