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Open innovation within high-tech SMEs: A study of the entrepreneurial founder's influence on open innovation practices
Technovation ( IF 11.1 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 , DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102232
Gillian Barrett , Lawrence Dooley , Joe Bogue

This study aims to deepen our knowledge of the SME ‘human’ role within open innovation adoption. To achieve this, we explore how the SME leader, namely the founder/CEO managerial characteristics influence the SMEs open innovation adoption dynamics (i.e. mechanisms, partners, motives and sequence of adoption). The empirical analysis is based on seven Irish medical device SME case studies achieving high growth ambitions at an international level. Our findings demonstrate that SME open innovation adoption is exemplified by a project based as opposed to an organisational level rationale and a natural tendency to pivot back towards the closed paradigm through a ‘switchback' strategy once the need has been addressed. In turn, SMEs develop open innovation capabilities on a project by project basis and mature as a consequence, thus highlighting the importance of the ‘doing, using, interacting’ mode of learning within SME OI development. Furthermore, SMEs tend to adopt a common sequential and temporal pathway commencing with a commercialisation focus through the outside-in mode followed by a complex, coupled co-creation mode. This study also provides insights into how the founder/CEO's characteristics influence OI adoption dynamics using the West and Bogers (2014) obtaining, integrating and commercialising framework thus extending upper echelons theory (UET) and strengthening the connection between open innovation and entrepreneurship theory.



中文翻译:

高科技中小企业中的开放式创新:关于创业者对开放式创新实践的影响的研究

这项研究旨在加深我们对开放式创新采用中的中小企业“人”角色的认识。为了实现这一目标,我们探索了中小企业领导者(即创始人/首席执行官的管理特征)如何影响中小企业开放式创新采用的动力(即机制,合作伙伴,采用动机和采用的顺序)。实证分析基于七项爱尔兰医疗器械中小型企业案例研究,这些案例在国际上实现了高增长的雄心。我们的研究结果表明,采用中小企业开放式创新的例子是基于项目的,而不是基于组织层次的理由,并且自然的趋势是一旦解决了需求,便会通过“转回”策略转向封闭式范式。反过来,中小企业会在每个项目的基础上开发开放式创新能力,并因此而成熟,因此,强调了在中小企业OI开发中“做,使用,交互”学习模式的重要性。此外,中小型企业倾向于采用共同的顺序和时间途径,首先通过从外而内的模式,然后是复杂的,耦合的共同创造模式,以商业化为重点。这项研究还利用West和Bogers(2014)的获取,整合和商业化框架,从而洞察了创始人/首席执行官的特征如何影响OI采用动态,从而扩展了上层梯队理论(UET)并加强了开放式创新与企业家精神理论之间的联系。中小型企业倾向于采用共同的顺序和时间路径,从外而内的模式,然后是复杂的,耦合的共创模式,开始以商业化为重点。这项研究还利用West和Bogers(2014)的获取,整合和商业化框架,从而洞察了创始人/首席执行官的特征如何影响OI采用动态,从而扩展了上层梯队理论(UET)并加强了开放式创新与企业家精神理论之间的联系。中小企业倾向于采用共同的顺序和时间路径,从外而内的模式,然后是复杂的,耦合的共创模式,开始以商业化为重点。这项研究还利用West和Bogers(2014)的获取,整合和商业化框架,从而洞察了创始人/首席执行官的特征如何影响OI采用动态,从而扩展了上层梯队理论(UET)并加强了开放式创新与企业家精神理论之间的联系。

更新日期:2021-04-20
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