Open Innovation and Sustainable Innovation Performance: The Moderating Role of IP Strategic Planning and IP Operation

Zhang, Huiying; Chen, Xiguang

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“…Searching for new knowledge outside the firm boundaries that can be newly combined with the existing technologies of the firm is often required for technological innovation (Li‐Ying et al, 2018). Both external partnering and external sourcing can improve sustainable innovation performance (Zhang & Chen, 2022). Finding an appropriate partner with environmental expertise who can contribute new knowledge or technology to the firm is of paramount importance in this regard (Melander, 2018).…”

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“…In addition, existing research highlights how firms may benefit from external partnering and external sourcing for improving their sustainable innovation performance (Zhang & Chen, 2022). Indeed, collaborating with an appropriate partner with environmental expertise, for example, can allow firms to exploit new technological innovation or knowledge, which is useful for the development of sustainable innovations (Melander, 2018).…”

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“…Moreover, although partnering with external stakeholders may benefit firms in properly developing sustainable innovations (Melander, 2018; Zhang & Chen, 2022), the organizational modes of collaboration linked to specific types of Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation developed by firms are still under‐researched. We call future studies to investigate which typologies of organizational modes of collaboration, such as outsourcing, research contracts, joint ventures, merger, and acquisitions, can be considered the most suitable for developing different typologies of sustainable innovations, such as either green products, or green processes, as well as sustainable business models.…”

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“…Innovation can be classified in accordance with three main aspects, including the Open Innovation practices (inbound and outbound) enabling Sustainability-Oriented Innovation, the Open Innovation strategies (i.e., acquiring, sourcing, selling, and revealing) enabling Sustainability-Oriented Innovation, and the contextual factors (internal, or firm-related, and external, or industry-related) enabling both practices and strategies for Sustainability-Oriented Innovation.These three aspects are depicted in Figure5and further detailed hereafter.4.1.1 | Inbound and/or Outbound Open Innovation practices enabling Sustainability-Oriented InnovationSearching for new knowledge outside the firm boundaries that can be newly combined with the existing technologies of the firm is often required for technological innovation(Li-Ying et al, 2018).Both external partnering and external sourcing can improve sustainable innovation performance(Zhang & Chen, 2022). Finding an appropriate partner with environmental expertise who can contribute new knowledge or technology to the firm is of paramount importance in this regard(Melander, 2018).…”

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Assessing the interplay between Open Innovation and Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation: A systematic literature review and a research agenda

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Open Innovation and Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation are undoubtedly two of the most debated topics of the last decades, gaining the interest of policymakers, practitioners, and scholars all over the world. Even if they have been usually described as two independent research fields, there are some emblematic examples presenting interplay and synergy between these topics, represented either by the hybrid perspectives of Open Sustainable Innovation, that is, the Open Innovation approach acting as an enabler of Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation, and Sustainable Open Innovation, which instead analyzes how firms developing Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation also adopt the Open Innovation approach. On the basis of these two perspectives and through a systematic literature review, this paper investigates the relationships between the Open Innovation and Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation approaches and frames these relationships by developing an innovative framework, which highlights the main aspects characterizing the hybrid perspectives of Open Sustainable Innovation and Sustainable Open Innovation. The proposed framework highlights the Open Innovation practices and strategies enabling Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation, as well as the contextual factors enabling both practices and strategies for Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation. In addition, it shows how firms developing Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation have a similar orientation toward the adoption of the Open Innovation approach both in terms of how they engage stakeholders, and the innovation capabilities they develop. Finally, a research agenda identifying the central issues and the key research gaps is offered for further development in future studies.

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