Open innovation can support firms looking to deploy strategic agility through product innovations during periods of market and technological change. However, existing research lacks a comprehensive understanding of the microfoundations that underlie strategic agility in the context of open innovation. We address this gap using an in-depth analysis of a firm's open innovation activities in support of new product development (NPD). Our analysis reveals that open innovation can help leverage NPD processes to drive technological innovations in response to changing market conditions. Under such circumstances, open innovation enables firms to deploy strategic agility by continually developing the product portfolio. Our study reveals six mechanisms that enable three mutually complementary practices of agility: at the firm-environment interface, in the firm's decision-making process, and in the internal NPD process. We theorise the interplay between the mechanisms that constitute each practice and, in doing so, shed light on how they contribute to firm-level strategic agility.

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开放式创新与公司战略敏捷性之间相互作用的微观基础观点

开放式创新可以支持那些希望在市场和技术变革时期通过产品创新部署战略敏捷性的公司。然而，现有研究缺乏对开放创新背景下战略敏捷性背后的微观基础的全面理解。我们通过深入分析公司支持新产品开发 (NPD) 的开放式创新活动来解决这一差距。我们的分析表明，开放式创新有助于利用 NPD 流程推动技术创新，以应对不断变化的市场条件。在这种情况下，开放式创新使企业能够通过不断开发产品组合来部署战略敏捷性。我们的研究揭示了六种机制，可以实现三种相互补充的敏捷性实践：在公司与环境的界面、公司的决策过程和内部 NPD 过程中。我们对构成每种实践的机制之间的相互作用进行了理论分析，并在此过程中阐明了它们如何促进公司层面的战略敏捷性。