Open innovation has become a major topic in innovation management. Research however has mostly focused on large companies, in the area of inbound open innovation, on the technological scope or industrial protection. The topic of outbound open innovation, the processes implemented and the management practices deployed in SMEs have been less well investigated. This article aims to go some way towards filling this gap. A collaborative longitudinal case study was carried out by a researcher and two practitioners in a robotics SME. The results show the impact, mainly positive, of open innovation on the company. The functions of technological gatekeeper and “innovation project promoter”, created while the open innovation process was being establi...
Rvolta has been working in waste management industry for 16 years now. This SME (Small and Medium En...
This paper explores, through a company case study, the importance of innovation for the competitive ...
Little academic research has been conducted in the area of open innovation as a strategy used by SME...
Open innovation has become a major topic in innovation management. Research however has mostly focus...
Open innovation opens up organizational boundaries so that a company can use and combine internal an...
The concept of open innovation is gaining popularity in both the world of engineering and management...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss how small and middle-sized enterprises (SMEs) utilize open i...
Open innovation (OI) projects are increasingly adopted by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs...
In recent years the open innovation paradigm has gained great attention in research on innovation an...
Purpose: This work provides new insights into possible managerial choices and development directions...
Open innovation has so far been studied mainly in high-tech, Multinational enterprises. This explora...
The concept of open innovation (OI) has become a very popular topic during the last decade, with inc...
Open innovation in SMEs remains largely under-researched, particularly using a process-oriented appr...
This book chapter was published in the IGI Global [ © 2016 IGI Global] and the definite version is a...
Nous proposons une perspective générale sur le management de l’innovation dans l’entreprise, comme u...
Rvolta has been working in waste management industry for 16 years now. This SME (Small and Medium En...
This paper explores, through a company case study, the importance of innovation for the competitive ...
Little academic research has been conducted in the area of open innovation as a strategy used by SME...
Open innovation has become a major topic in innovation management. Research however has mostly focus...
Open innovation opens up organizational boundaries so that a company can use and combine internal an...
The concept of open innovation is gaining popularity in both the world of engineering and management...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss how small and middle-sized enterprises (SMEs) utilize open i...
Open innovation (OI) projects are increasingly adopted by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs...
In recent years the open innovation paradigm has gained great attention in research on innovation an...
Purpose: This work provides new insights into possible managerial choices and development directions...
Open innovation has so far been studied mainly in high-tech, Multinational enterprises. This explora...
The concept of open innovation (OI) has become a very popular topic during the last decade, with inc...
Open innovation in SMEs remains largely under-researched, particularly using a process-oriented appr...
This book chapter was published in the IGI Global [ © 2016 IGI Global] and the definite version is a...
Nous proposons une perspective générale sur le management de l’innovation dans l’entreprise, comme u...
Rvolta has been working in waste management industry for 16 years now. This SME (Small and Medium En...
This paper explores, through a company case study, the importance of innovation for the competitive ...
Little academic research has been conducted in the area of open innovation as a strategy used by SME...