Digital transformation is a key driving force of open innovation to capture and transfer knowledge inside and outside of a company’s bounds. New challenges in organizing multiple knowledge flows imply the need for increased competences related to this paradigm of future employees. In this article, we organize and aggregate the competencies required for open innovation collaboration and develop a competence profile that organizes individual competencies in an open innovation context. Based on elements of the European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework, we delineate an OI Competence Profile and list the core competencies to manage and accelerate the inflow and outflow of knowledge. We explore this profile by comparing data from 2332 students from four European universities to find differences in the distribution of OI competencies between countries. The study contributes to understanding the individual competencies that target the future OI needs of companies necessary in the context of digital transformation. It also introduces an interdisciplinary approach to integrate the research streams of management practice, open innovation, and entrepreneurial education.

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面向未来劳动力的开放式创新能力：来自四所欧洲大学的比较研究

数字化转型是开放式创新的关键驱动力，可以在公司范围内外获取和转移知识。组织多个知识流的新挑战意味着需要提高与未来员工的这种范式相关的能力。在本文中，我们组织和汇总了开放式创新合作所需的能力，并开发了在开放式创新环境中组织个人能力的能力概况。基于欧洲创业能力框架的要素，我们描绘了 OI 能力概况并列出了管理和加速知识流入和流出的核心能力。我们通过比较来自四所欧洲大学的 2332 名学生的数据来探索这个概况，以发现国家之间 OI 能力分布的差异。该研究有助于了解针对数字化转型背景下公司未来 OI 需求的个人能力。它还引入了一种跨学科的方法来整合管理实践、开放式创新和创业教育的研究流。