The role of open innovation in emerging economies: Do companies profit from the scientific knowledge of others?

Kafouros, Mario; Forsans, Nicolas

doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2011.05.004

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“…Furthermore, the EMNE also needs to have absorptive capacity (Cohen & Levinthal, 1990) to successfully combine externally sourced technological knowledge with its own know-how. The extant research suggests that by combining internal and external technological know-how the firm can improve its innovativeness, thereby producing new products, ideas and technology (Kafouros & Forsans, 2012, Kogut & Zander, 1992, Kyläheiko, Jantunen, Puumalainen, Saarenketo, & Tuppura, 2011. This can foster internationalisation for market seeking purposes, i.e.…”

Section: Non-experiential Technological Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cuervo-Cazurra & Un, 2007, Munjal, Buckley, Enderwick, & Forsans, 2013, Ramamurti, 2012, Williamson, Ramamurti, Fleury, & Fleury, 2013 and often have absorptive capacity , Kafouros & Forsans, 2012. In many cases they have acquired foreign firms that provide marketing and technological assets, such as brand names, patents, and access to distribution channels as a means of rapidly realizing the potential commercial gains attainable from the exploitation of sourced technological knowhow.…”

Section: Non-experiential Technological Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

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“…This allows organisations to develop jointly, absorbing the necessary inputs for their survival from other organisations (Woerter & Roper, 2010). As a consequence, companies reduce the risks and uncertainties that come with the acquisition of technologies, and make them more likely to launch new products and services (Kafouros & Forsans, 2012).…”

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Relationships and Partnerships in Small Companies: Strengthening the Business through External Agents

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Dacorso

Costa

et al. 2016

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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This article aims to understand the relationships between small companies and external innovation agents and how they can help strengthening these organisations. A multiple case research method was adopted by the researchers and applied to small companies which presented innovative practices. The data collection included documents, records and interviews with managers/business owners. Such interviews were recorded and coded using the NVivo 10 software. The results showed relationships of trust, partnership and learning. The article contributes to the idea that small companies recognize the importance of external knowledge sources in their business and innovation strategies. Companies believe in these relationships in order to bring essential competencies to their business, and continuously renovate themselves through shared feedback. This in turn leads to the capture of financial and technological resources as well as market and competitive information that strengthens the business and allows it to overcome its limitations.

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“…While there has been growing acknowledgement of the benefits of an open innovation approach, very little empirical evidence has been presented regarding its applicability in emerging countries, most especially China (Fu and Xiong, 2011;Kafouros and Forsans, 2012). This leads to our main research motivation for studying open innovation under the specific Chinese context.…”

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Does open innovation apply to China? Exploring the contingent role of external knowledge sources and internal absorptive capacity in Chinese large firms and SMEs

Huang

Rice

Martin

2015

Journal of Management & Organization

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While 'open innovation' is often considered to be an organisational strategy with universal application, the generalisability of this set of arrangements to organisations operating within emerging economies has yet to be fully explored. This study provides empirical evidence of its importance within a substantial sample of Chinese large firms and SMEs. Using Tobit regression analysis, our findings indicate that external knowledge sources from inter-firm networking are more important in creating the benefits of open innovation for Chinese SMEs than their larger peers. Linkages to university and research institutes generally have few direct effects on the innovation performance of both large and small firms in China. However, the role of universities and research institutes is shown to be important among our large firm sample when combined with evident internal absorptive capacity. This interaction is generally limited to our large firm sample, and is not as evident among small firms. Our study indicates that the barriers to the adoption of open innovation by Chinese firms might be largely related to the comparatively weak domestic research expertise and limited organisational absorptive capabilities, with this most particularly evident for SMEs.These findings suggest that, based on this evidence, there is no need for emerging economies like China to mimic the emergence path from closed to open innovation followed by developed countries. Chinese firms will be more likely to garner the benefits available from openness when they develop the capabilities required to identify, assimilate and commercialise knowledge and technologies obtained from external sources.

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The role of open innovation in emerging economies: Do companies profit from the scientific knowledge of others?

Cited by 147 publications

References 51 publications

The role of experiential and non-experiential knowledge in cross-border acquisitions: The case of Indian multinational enterprises

The role of experiential and non-experiential knowledge in cross-border acquisitions: The case of Indian multinational enterprises

Relationships and Partnerships in Small Companies: Strengthening the Business through External Agents

Does open innovation apply to China? Exploring the contingent role of external knowledge sources and internal absorptive capacity in Chinese large firms and SMEs

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