Purpose Through a comprehensive review of the literature on open innovation (OI), this
study aimed to achieve two objectives:(1) to identify the main thematic areas discussed in …

Open innovation has become one of the hottest topics in innovation management. This
article intends to explore the limits in our understanding of the open innovation concept. In …

This paper analyses how knowledge-based practices adopted by innovation intermediaries
enable them to generate value for themselves when collaborating with their clients. While …

Few studies on open innovation (OI) address OI practices in small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) and how their use of OI and the resulting benefits differ from those of …

Firms may open up their innovation processes on two dimensions. While inbound open
innovation refers to the acquisition of external technology in open exploration processes …

Besides acquiring external knowledge, many firms have begun to actively commercialize
technology, for example, by means of out‐licensing. This increase in inward and outward …

The concept of open innovation has attracted considerable attention since Henry
Chesbrough first coined it to capture the increasing reliance of firms on external sources of …

Technological knowledge constitutes a major source of competitive advantage because it
influences a firm's opportunities to reduce costs or increase differentiation from competitors …

This paper seeks to understand how motives to patent affect the use of the patent portfolio
with a particular focus on motives aimed at the monetization of intellectual property. The …

In light of the recent economic crisis, many industrial firms attempt to capture additional
value from their technologies by means of open innovation strategies. Besides acquiring …