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Title: | Open Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): External Knowledge Sourcing Strategies and Internal Organizational Facilitators | Authors: | Brunswicker, Sabine VANHAVERBEKE, Wim |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Publisher: | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Source: | JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, 53 (4), p. 1241-1263 | Abstract: | In this paper we explore how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) engage in external knowledge sourcing, a form of inbound open innovation. We draw upon a sample of 1,411 SMEs and empirically conceptualize a typology of strategic types of external knowledge sourcing, namely minimal, supply-chain, technology-oriented, application-oriented, and full-scope sourcing. Each strategy reflects the nature of external interactions and is linked to a distinct mixture of four internal practices for managing innovation. Both full-scope and application-oriented sourcing offer performance benefits and are associated with a stronger focus on managing innovation. However, they differ in their managerial focus on strategic and operational aspects. | Notes: | [Brunswicker, Sabine] Purdue Univ, Innovat, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA. [Brunswicker, Sabine] Purdue Univ, Res Ctr Open Digital Innovat, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA. [Brunswicker, Sabine] ESADE Business Sch, Barcelona, Spain. [Brunswicker, Sabine] Queensland Univ Technol, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia. [Vanhaverbeke, Wim] Hasselt Univ, Fac BEW, Strategy & Innovat Management, Louvain, Belgium. | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/19766 | ISSN: | 0047-2778 | e-ISSN: | 1540-627X | DOI: | 10.1111/jsbm.12120 | ISI #: | 000361435600020 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2016 |
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