State of the Art of Open Innovation and Design for Sustainability

2016 ◽  
pp. 705-717
Author(s):  
Ursula Tischner ◽  
Lea Beste
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Design For Sustainability

scholarly journals Not Just for Money. Crowdfunding a New Tool of Open Innovation to Support the Agro-Food Sector. Evidences on the Italian Market

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Pronti ◽  
Elena Pagliarino
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Italian Market ◽  
New Form ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract The aim of this paper is to explore Crowdfunding as a new form of Open Innovation for SMEs and family business in the Agri-Food sector which usually do not have the same skills and tools to operate with conventional own Crowdsourcing methods. The study first has analyzed the principal literature and data available on Crowdfunding and the Food industry in order to describe the state of the art in this subject. Afterwards the focus of the paper goes to the analysis of the Italian case. The study used a deep qualitative approach because of an important lack of data and information on this subject. Nine depth interviews to key informants of the sector have been carried out investigating the market players, the normative regulations, the businesses models and the evolution of Crowdfunding for the Agri-Food industry in Italy. The research finds that Crowdfunding for Agri-Food industry can be important for both its profitability and the development of the sector, but that nowadays the Italian market is still in its primordial phase. Crowdfunding is very suitable for SMEs business which represents the vast majority of the Agri-Food Italian market and the use of this instrument could be beneficial for it.

Open innovation actions and innovation performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Greco ◽  
Michele Grimaldi ◽  
Livio Cricelli
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Process Innovations ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the recurrences in the empirical evidences that link open innovation (OI) actions and innovation performance in European countries. It provides managers with useful strategic suggestions, emphasizes the limitations of the state of the art, and recommends future directions of research. Design/methodology/approach – The authors systematically reviewed empirical articles linking OI actions and innovation performance in European countries, published on peer reviewed journals from January 2003 until May 2013. The authors organized the evidences according to a novel taxonomy grounded in the literature. Findings – The paper shows an increasing interest in the research of empirical evidence regarding OI and innovation performance. Nonetheless, evidence of the role played by outbound OI activities are extremely rare. The authors found that process innovations are more likely to benefit from coupled OI activities rather than inbound activities. Moreover, the effect of coupled depth actions on both product and process innovation performance was always positive in the reviewed articles. The authors also discuss how scholars measure innovation performance, pointing out the criticalities. Research limitations/implications – The paper allows analysing the empirical evidences found in the literature, emphasizing the limitations of the state of the art and recommending future directions of research. Practical implications – The systematization of the empirical evidences found in the European literature provides managers with useful strategic suggestions to improve their organizations’ innovation performances. Originality/value – The paper contains a complete and extensive analysis of empirical OI literature with respect to European countries. The articles and their findings are organized according to a novel taxonomy useful to identify evidences and recurrences in a synoptic manner.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. xvi-26
Author(s):  
Xiaolan Fu ◽  
Bruce McKern ◽  
Jin Chen ◽  
Ximing Yin
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Sectoral Differences ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Many ◽  
Innovation Leadership

In conceiving the Oxford Handbook of China Innovation, the editors were motivated by the belief that it should provide comprehensive and authoritative views of the role of innovation in China’s rise. Accordingly, the Handbook consists of chapters written by some sixty experts from universities and research institutions, who provide an exposition of the state of the art in their fields, with criticism and suggestions for further research. These ideas cover a review of China’s development policies, the place of innovation within national priorities, the specific components of the national innovation system, and the resources required for effective innovation. It gives detailed attention to the many elements of the system that provide incentives and support and the factors contributing to a technologically sophisticated society. The issue of foreign influence is also addressed, along with open innovation, foreign direct investment, and sectoral differences. Several chapters include examples of the capabilities and strategies of Chinese corporations that have become world-class innovators. This introduction provides a short overview of each of the book’s seven sections and an outline of each chapter. The editors hope that readers will find that the volume enhances their understanding of China’s march toward technological and innovation leadership and provides a foundation for informed conjecture regarding the challenges ahead.

Searching for Partners in Open Innovation Settings: How to Overcome the Constraints of Local Search

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freek Meulman ◽  
Isabelle M. M. J. Reymen ◽  
Ksenia S. Podoynitsyna ◽  
A. Georges L. Romme
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Local Search ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Network Visualization ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
The Core ◽  
Innovation Intermediaries ◽  
Managerial Attention ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

The search for partners in open innovation settings often consumes substantial time and managerial attention. Yet, organizations tend to get trapped in local search, which typically leads to collaboration with partners already known to them. To improve the search for partners, this article develops a tool that exploits the power of state-of-the-art information technology. In a sample of 33 search queries conducted in six innovation intermediaries, it studies differences between search with and without the use of our tool. The tests confirm the tool’s effectiveness and efficiency, and highlight the importance of searching with keywords that represent the core roles and activities of a firm, next to keywords referring to market and technology characteristics. Network visualization and semantic algorithms thus appear to facilitate the effort to identify distant partners. The article also finds that local partners are not that easy to find as commonly assumed.

Open innovation: State of the art and future perspectives

Technovation ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eelko K.R.E. Huizingh
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Future Perspectives

Identifying and describing constituents of innovation ecosystems

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pegah Yaghmaie ◽  
Wim Vanhaverbeke
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
Innovation Ecosystems ◽  
Level Of Analysis

Purpose Innovation ecosystems have not been defined univocally. The authors compare the different approaches to innovation ecosystems in the literature, the link with open innovation, the value creating and value capturing processes in innovation ecosystems, and the need to orchestrate them properly. In this way, the purpose of this paper is to provide a highly needed, concise overview of the state of the art in innovation ecosystem thinking. Design/methodology/approach A systematic screening of the literature searching for publications focusing on innovation ecosystems is carried out in the paper. The authors found 30 publications and compared the different approaches to innovation ecosystems: the authors classify them according to industries, the level of analysis, their central focus on innovation ecosystems, whether frameworks are developed in the publications, the main actors, focus on SMEs or large companies, the success of innovation ecosystems and the role of the orchestrator. Findings The authors found different approaches to innovation ecosystems in the literature. Some papers look at the link with open innovation, and others at the value creating and value capturing processes in innovation ecosystems, the role of orchestrators, etc. The authors also provide an overview about the industries, the level of analysis, the central focus of the research, the main actors in the networks and the success factors. The authors observe that most publications have been written in Europe and apply to European ecosystems. The approach in Europe is, to some extent, also different from the main focus of leading American scholars. Research limitations/implications The authors compare different approaches to innovation ecosystems. This provides a highly needed understanding of the state of the art in innovation ecosystem thinking. There are some limitations as well: the paper only does a literature review, and the authors are not developing a new framework to study innovation ecosystems. Practical implications The literature overview is not primarily focused on practitioners, but the tables in the paper provide a quick overview of good management practices for setting up and managing innovation ecosystems. Social implications Innovations ecosystems are, in some cases, established to solve major societal problems such as changes in healthcare, energy systems, etc. Therefore, they require the interaction between different types of partners including universities, research institutes and governmental agencies. Studying innovation ecosystems is crucial to facilitate social or societal changes. Originality/value The paper presents a highly needed overview of the literature about innovation ecosystems and a concise examination of the different aspects that are studied so far.

scholarly journals Sustainability of Cluster Organizations as Open Innovation Intermediaries

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10520
Author(s):  
Anna Maria Lis ◽  
Marita McPhillips ◽  
Adrian Lis
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Relationship Development ◽  
Cluster Organization ◽  
Innovation Intermediaries ◽  
Innovation Practices

The purpose of the paper is to identify the most important open innovation practices used by cluster organizations (COs). To reflect these practices, the paper uses the concept of the trajectory of relationship development in COs, applied in the Interizon cluster organization. Additionally, this paper introduces the potential sustainability-related implications of open innovation adoption in cluster organizations. An in-depth direct interview and secondary data analysis were the basic techniques used for data collection. The study demonstrates that cluster organizations can play the role of open innovation intermediaries, implementing a set of different open innovation practices, depending on the level of advancement of cluster cooperation. The use of these practices leads to the development of ever stronger relationships between cluster members, thus conditioning access to the increasingly valuable resources of information and knowledge which are most relevant for the future sustainability-pursuing context. The good effects of multidimensional cooperation in the studied cluster organization prompted the authors to formulate a recommendation for sustainable diversity in the CO. The research goes beyond the state-of-the-art knowledge in the concept of industrial clusters by exposing a broader view on cooperation developed within cluster organizations. The study links the issue of clustering with the concept of open innovation, shedding new light on the processes of supporting knowledge and information flows in COs. Additionally, it contributes to developing a broader comprehension of the context dependencies of open innovation for potential sustainable innovation.

scholarly journals Sustainable Tourism in the Open Innovation Realm: A Bibliometric Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 6114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Della Corte ◽  
Giovanna Del Gaudio ◽  
Fabiana Sepe ◽  
Fabiana Sciarelli
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Emerging Themes

This study evaluates bibliometric analysis of sustainable tourism in the open innovation realm, depicts emerging themes, and offers critical discussion for theory development and further research. Through the use of bibliometrix, this paper investigates the amount of studies conducted in this area and verifies if such studies have represented a contribution to the evolving research in the field of sustainable tourism. Specifically, the paper identifies whether and to what extent scholars have explored these interconnections and maps to get to a conceptual structure of the field under investigation. The results identify the development status and the leading trends in terms of impact, main journals, papers, topics, authors, and countries. The analysis and the graphical presentations are crucial, as they can help both researchers and practitioners to better understand the state of the art of sustainable tourism in the experiential and digital era.

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