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This introduction provides the foundation and background for a special issue on open innovation. Since the beginning of the 21st century, innovation has evolved from being the artefact of an individual or internal process within firms, to an interactive process between firms and/or in collaboration with knowledge-creating institutions at both the domestic and global levels. The open innovation model suggests that firms should combine external and internal ideas and technologies as effective pathways to market when advancing and commercialising technologies. However, existing research focuses mainly on high-technology multi-national firms, hence theoretically driven and empirically-based research exploring open innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises remains relatively scarce. The special issue offers a critical contribution to this gap by including four articles which explore differing aspects of open innovation within smaller firms. The introduction commences with an overview of the relevant literature; it then describes the articles and finally, suggests potential avenues for future research.
Author(s): Wynarczyk P, Piperopoulos P, McAdam M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Small Business Journal
Year: 2013
Volume: 31
Issue: 3
Pages: 240-255
Print publication date: 13/01/2013
ISSN (print): 0266-2426
ISSN (electronic): 1741-2870
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266242612472214
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612472214
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