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Title: | How open innovation can help entrepreneurs in sensing and seizing entrepreneurial opportunities in SMEs | Authors: | Usman, M VANHAVERBEKE, Wim ROIJAKKERS, Nadine |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | Source: | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR & RESEARCH, 29 (9/10) , p. 2065 -2090 | Status: | Early view | Abstract: | Purpose-This study explores how open innovation (OI) can be instrumental for entrepreneurs in sensing and seizing entrepreneurial opportunities in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study also illustrates how OI can help SMEs overcome the liability of smallness. Design/methodology/approach-This is exploratory research using an inductive, multiple-case study approach. This study capitalizes on five in-depth case studies of European SMEs to explore a phenomenon using replication logic and provide a robust basis for theory building. Findings-This study presents a holistic view of the OI process in SMEs and illustrates the crucial role of entrepreneurs. The study provides a better understanding of how OI can help entrepreneurs sense and seize entrepreneurial opportunities by envisioning venture ideas and implementing business model innovation through the management of innovation partners. Originality/value-The study emphasizes two critical roles of entrepreneurs in implementing OI in SMEs. First, the entrepreneur can be the instigator of strategic change, and second, he/she can orchestrate the innovation network. The findings emphasize that OI helps avoid knowledge corridors at the venture idea stage, leading to a (re)structuring of the business model and the emergence of a network of innovation partners, which should be managed hands-on. This study discusses in detail the two crucial roles of entrepreneurs. | Keywords: | Open innovation;Entrepreneurship;SMEs;Innovation network;Business model innovation;Case study;Qualitative research | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/42237 | ISSN: | 1355-2554 | e-ISSN: | 1758-6534 | DOI: | 10.1108/IJEBR-11-2022-1019 | ISI #: | WOS:001078327600001 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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