Firms are increasingly making use of Open Innovation in an attempt to get the most out of external ideas and knowledge in their innovation processes. The existing research on Open Innovation documents a broad set of practices that firms may use to implement inbound Open Innovation, which entail various degrees of integration with the external partner. There is also empirical evidence showing how firms move from a closed to an open approach to innovation over time. However, there is limited empirical work that documents if and how firms that start using open innovation change and evolve the practices through which inbound open innovation is implemented over time. This paper, relying on an exploratory analysis of nine case studies, adopts a temporal perspective to examine how and why firms use different practices for inbound open innovation over time, with attempts at offering a tentative explanation of the underlying drivers triggering this evolution. This paper contributes to the scholarly debate on the organisational enablers of Open Innovation and provides managers involved in open innovation activities with insights into the factors that may determine changes in their use of different inbound open innovation practices over time.

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随着时间的推移，公司如何使用入境开放式创新实践：来自探索性多个案例研究分析的证据

公司越来越多地利用开放式创新，试图在其创新过程中充分利用外部想法和知识。现有关于开放式创新的研究记录了公司可用于实施入站开放式创新的一系列广泛实践，这需要与外部合作伙伴进行不同程度的整合。还有经验证据表明，随着时间的推移，企业如何从封闭式创新方法转变为开放式创新方法。然而，有限的实证工作记录了开始使用开放式创新的公司是否以及如何随着时间的推移改变和发展引入开放式创新的实践。本文依靠对九个案例研究的探索性分析，采用时间视角来研究随着时间的推移，公司如何以及为什么使用不同的实践来进行对内开放式创新，并尝试对触发这种演变的潜在驱动因素进行初步解释。本文有助于关于开放式创新的组织推动力的学术辩论，并为参与开放式创新活动的管理人员提供有关可能决定他们对不同入站开放式创新实践的使用随时间变化的因素的见解。