Original scientific paper
Degree of Openness and Performance in the Search for Innovation
Antonella Martini
; University of Pisa, DESE –Department of Energy and Systems Engineering
Davide Aloini
; University of Pisa, DESE –Department of Energy and Systems Engineering
Paolo Neirotti
; Politecnico di Torino, DIGEP – Department of Management and Production Engineering
Abstract
External knowledge has been the object of increasing attention in the past few years, corresponding to the rise in company innovation models that are based on a higher degree of openness towards external actors. This study investigates the practices that firms adopt in searching for external knowledge to innovate their products, exploring the relationships between performance of innovation processes and the breadth and deth of search practices. In so doing, we explore the role of openness through the lens of search practices, rather than examining the variety of external actors from which firms draw relevant knowledge for product innovation.
Keywords
openness; innovation performance; search practices; survey
Hrčak ID:
160580
URI
Publication date:
1.1.2012.
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