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Firm-Specific Factors and the Degree of Innovation Openness

Firm-Specific Factors and the Degree of Innovation Openness

Valentina Lazzarotti, Raffaella Manzini, Luisa Pellegrini
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781466619456|ISBN10: 1466619457|EISBN13: 9781466619463
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1945-6.ch069
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Lazzarotti, Valentina, et al. "Firm-Specific Factors and the Degree of Innovation Openness." Industrial Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 1288-1310. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1945-6.ch069

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Lazzarotti, V., Manzini, R., & Pellegrini, L. (2013). Firm-Specific Factors and the Degree of Innovation Openness. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Industrial Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1288-1310). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1945-6.ch069

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Lazzarotti, Valentina, Raffaella Manzini, and Luisa Pellegrini. "Firm-Specific Factors and the Degree of Innovation Openness." In Industrial Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1288-1310. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1945-6.ch069

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Abstract

This chapter investigates the topic of how open innovation is actually implemented by companies, according to a conceptual approach in which open and closed models of innovation represent the two extremes of a continuum of different openness degrees; though, these are not the only two possible models. By means of a survey conducted among Italian manufacturing companies, this chapter sheds light on the many different ways in which companies open their innovation processes. Four main models emerge from the empirical study, which are investigated in depth in order to understand the relationship between a set of firm-specific factors (such as size, R&D intensity, sector of activity, company organization) and the specific open innovation model adopted by a company.

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