Showing papers by "Keld Laursen published in 2016"
Eindhoven University of Technology1, University of Copenhagen2, University of California, Berkeley3, ETH Zurich4, University of Michigan5, Ramon Llull University6, Purdue University7, European School of Management and Technology8, Aarhus University9, University of Surrey10, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne11, City University London12, Maastricht University13, RWTH Aachen University14, Copenhagen Business School15, Royal Institute of Technology16, University of Southern California17, Simon Fraser University18, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management19, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg20, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute21, University of Southern Denmark22, Babson College23, Imperial College London24
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present opportunities for future research on open innovation, organized at different levels of analysis, and discuss some of the contingencies at these different levels, and argue that future research needs to study open innovation across multiple levels of analyses.
Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the main perspectives and themes emerging in research on open innovation. The paper is the result of a collaborative process among several open innovation scholars — having a common basis in the recurrent Professional Development Workshop (PDW) on “Researching Open Innovation” at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. In this paper, we present opportunities for future research on open innovation, organized at different levels of analysis. We discuss some of the contingencies at these different levels, and argue that future research needs to study open innovation — originally an organizational-level phenomenon — across multiple levels of analysis. While our integrative framework allows comparing, contrasting, and integrating different perspectives at different levels of analysis, further theorizing will be needed to advance open innovation research. On this basis, we propose some new research categories as well as questions for future research — particularly those that span across research domains that have so far developed in isolation.
160 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the use of two knowledge governance procedures (project management and knowledge matching) in collaborative inbound open innovation, and find that the choice of knowledge governance matters for innovation performance.
Abstract: Despite mounting evidence on the potential benefits of inbound open innovation, little is known about how firms purposefully manage inflows of knowledge. We investigate the use of two knowledge governance procedures—project management and knowledge matching—in collaborative inbound open innovation. Our findings suggest that, in addition to “knowledge-precursors,” which the literature on open innovation and absorptive capacity has shown to be important for the integration of external knowledge, the firm’s choice of knowledge governance matters for innovation performance.
95 citations
TL;DR: Laursen et al. as discussed by the authors explored the role of regional social capital in moderating this aspect of the liability of newness and found that young firms operating in regions with low levels of social capital are less likely to acquire R&D externally.
Abstract: Laursen K., Masciarelli F. and Reichstein T. A matter of location: the role of regional social capital in overcoming the liability of newness in R&D acquisition activities, Regional Studies. External knowledge acquisition is a precondition for firms’ competitive advantage. However, young firms exhibit a lower propensity to acquire external research and development (R&D) than their older counterparts. The paper explores the role of regional social capital in moderating this aspect of the liability of newness. The results show that young firms operating in regions with low levels of social capital are less likely to acquire R&D externally. However, this is not the case in regions with high levels of social capital, suggesting that the liability of newness in terms of acquisition of external R&D does not play a role in these regions.
17 citations
01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: This chapter investigates how knowledge flows across multiple boundaries becomes an important challenge when firms involve external partners more actively in their innovation processes.
Abstract: When firms involve external partners more actively in their innovation processes, managing knowledge flows across multiple boundaries becomes an important challenge. In this chapter we investigate ...
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