The aim of this paper is to explore open innovation (OI) implementation and its impact on firm innovation performance in sectors experiencing technological discontinuities. The paper employs the framework of inbound, outbound and coupled OI to identify processes reflecting sourcing, externalising and exchanging knowledge across organisational boundaries on upstream and downstream innovation activities and explores their impact on the innovation performance of new and established technology firms. The empirical setting is the UK bio‐pharmaceuticals sector during 1991 and 2001, a paradigmatic era of discontinous change and intensified OI implementation. First, our findings show that new technology firms (NTFs) and established technology firms (ETFs) differ in their extent and patterns of inbound, outbound and coupled OI, reflecting that they implement OI to manage their competences in light of technological change. Second, we identify a complex and multifaceted relationship between OI and patenting performance, with NTFs experiencing enhanced performance from some OI processes while ETFs experiencing challenges. The paper suggests that delineating OI into inbound, outbound and coupled, along upstream and downstream activities, offers a deeper understanding of the role of OI in innovation, guiding selective implementation in pursuing enhanced innovation performance during periods of discontinuous technological change.

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开放创新的新视角：英国生物制药领域的老牌和新技术公司

本文的目的是探索开放创新（OI）的实施及其对经历技术中断的行业中企业创新绩效的影响。本文采用入站，出站和耦合OI框架来识别反映跨组织边界的上游和下游创新活动的知识的采购，外部化和交换的过程，并探讨它们对新兴技术公司和创新型技术公司的创新绩效的影响。1991年和2001年是英国生物制药行业的经验背景，这是一个不连续变化和强化OI实施的典范时代。首先，我们的发现表明，新技术公司（NTF）和成熟技术公司（ETF）的入站，出站和耦合OI的范围和模式有所不同，反映他们实施OI来根据技术变化来管理自己的能力。其次，我们确定OI与专利性能之间存在复杂且多方面的关系，NTF在某些OI流程中表现出更高的性能，而ETF在挑战中却面临挑战。该论文建议将OI沿上游和下游活动划分为入站，出站和耦合，可以更深入地了解OI在创新中的作用，并指导在不连续的技术变革期间有选择地实施追求更高的创新绩效。NTF经历了某些OI流程带来的增强性能，而ETF则面临挑战。该论文建议将OI沿上游和下游活动划分为入站，出站和耦合，可以更深入地了解OI在创新中的作用，并指导在不连续的技术变革期间有选择地实施追求更高的创新绩效。NTF经历了某些OI流程带来的增强性能，而ETF则面临挑战。该论文建议，将OI沿着上游和下游活动划分为入站，出站和耦合，可以更深入地了解OI在创新中的作用，并指导在不连续的技术变革期间选择性实施以追求增强的创新绩效。