How do large multinational companies implement open innovation?

Letizia Mortara; Tim Minshall

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2011.05.002

doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2011.05.002

How do large multinational companies implement open innovation?

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Technovation12.50

Volume: 31, Issue: 10-11, Pages: 586 - 597

Published: Oct 1, 2011

Abstract

This paper addresses a major gap in reported research on open innovation (OI): how do companies implement open innovation? To answer this question a sample of 43 cross-sector firms were reviewed for their OI implementation approaches. The study analyzed how firms moved from practising closed to open innovation, classifying the adoption path according to the impetus for the adoption of the OI paradigm and the coordination of the OI...