Should “open innovation” change innovation policy thinking in catching-up economies? Considerations for policy analyses

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 173-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkki Karo ◽  
Rainer Kattel
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Catching Up

scholarly journals Flanders Ahead, Wallonia Behind (But Catching Up): Reconstructing Communities Through Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Making

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 185-198
Author(s):  
Michiel Van Oudheusden ◽  
Nathan Charlier ◽  
Pierre Delvenne
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Policy Actors ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

Drawing on a documentary analysis of two socioeconomic policy programs, one Flemish (“Vlaanderen in Actie”), the other Walloon (“Marshall Plans”), and a discourse analysis of how these programs are received in one Flemish and one Francophone quality newspaper, this article illustrates how Flanders and Wallonia both seek to become top-performing knowledge-based economies (KBEs). The article discerns a number of discursive repertoires, such as “Catching up,” which policy actors draw on to legitimize or question the transformation of Flanders and Wallonia into KBEs. The “Catching up” repertoire places Flanders resolutely ahead of Wallonia in the global race toward knowledge, excellence, and growth, but suggests that Wallonia may, in due course, overtake Flanders as a top competitive region. Given the expectations and fears that “Catching up” evokes among Flemish and Walloon policy actors, the repertoire serves these actors as a flexible discursive resource to make sense of, and shape, their collective futures and their regional identities. The article’s findings underline the simultaneity of, and the interplay between, globalizing forces and particularizing tendencies, as Flanders and Wallonia develop with a global KBE in region-specific ways.

scholarly journals Outbound Open Innovation Policy for Exploitation of Intellectual Creation, Design and Creativity in Malaysian Public Universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim ◽  
Muhamad Helmi Muhamad Khair ◽  
Anida Mahmood ◽  
Zeti Zuryani Mohd Zakuan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Institutional Policy ◽  
Technology Licensing ◽  
Design Innovation ◽  
Innovation Policies

The objective of the research is to explore the aim, application and strategy perceived as important in the development of an outbound open innovation policy for exploitation of intellectual creation, design and creativity in Malaysian public universities (MPUs).  Under existing intellectual property, innovation and commercialization policies, a large portion of intellectual design, creation and creativity in MPUs remain unexploited. Hence, the need to develop a new set of aim, application and strategy to promote the exploitation of intellectual design, creation and creativity in MPUs. The research conducts a survey involving respondents representing the Technology Licensing Office of 15 MPUs. The research also analysed outbound open innovation policies from five universities in Australia, UK, US and South Africa. These policies provide the basis in the development of the survey instrument of the research. The survey instrument contains nine items outlining the aim, application and strategy for exploitation of an outbound open innovation policy. The survey findings indicate that eight of the items are perceived as important for the development of the policy. The findings of the survey provide a beneficial input for the development of an outbound open innovation policy for exploitation of intellectual design, creation and creativity in MPU.   Keywords: Creation, Creativity, Design, Innovation, Institutional Policy

scholarly journals Technology intelligence practices in SMEs: Evidence from Estonia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhatjon Nasullaev ◽  
Raffaella Manzini ◽  
Tarmo Kalvet
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Technology Intelligence ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Manufacturing Information

Technology intelligence is regarded as a strategic tool to support open innovation to identify promising niches of technologies, opportunities and threats, potential partners, future customers and markets. However, it has often been neglected by SMEs due to their constraints in money, time, skills and competences. Hitherto, the literature documented very few cases of the operationalization of technology intelligence practices by small firms of catching-up economies. To remedy this gap, this paper investigates the case of three Estonian SMEs in the manufacturing, information technology and life-sciences industries. Our analysis reveals that elements of technology intelligence in large and small companies are similar. The three medium and small sized companies investigated in this study adopted these elements to their specific context orchestrating their organizational and cultural characteristics. This study details these elements and allows us to understand more precisely the process underlying the phenomenon of technology intelligence in small companies. The major finding of this paper is that a unique set of technology intelligence does not exist. It is important to tailor different elements of technology intelligence to determined needs. It is crucial in the case of SMEs in order to address the limitations mentioned above.

scholarly journals Will Increasing Government Subsidies Promote Open Innovation? A Simulation Analysis of China’s Wind Power Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13497
Author(s):  
Wei Gao ◽  
Daojuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Cooperative Behavior ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Dynamic Game ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Mediating Role

Keeping open innovation both stable and sustainable can be difficult when it involves cooperation between large enterprises. Some empirical studies suggest that subsidy policies can play a positive role. This study addresses two key questions that follow from this observation: first, if the intensity of a subsidy policy is increased, can it play a greater role in strengthening the stability of cooperation between firms? Second, what other factors play a mediating role in this effect? Utilizing a dynamic game model, this paper analyses influential factors such as absorptive capacity, frequency of engagement and technical value on cooperative stability, and investigates the role of innovation policy in the process of cooperation through a random number-driven simulation. The findings indicate that only when the absorption capacity and technological value of both partners meet a certain threshold is the probability of positive cooperative behavior improved. Otherwise, increased subsidies tend to foster negative cooperative behavior instead.

scholarly journals OPEN FOR BUSINESS: UNIVERSITIES, ENTREPRENEURIAL ACADEMICS AND OPEN INNOVATION

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (06) ◽  
pp. 1540013 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALLEN T. ALEXANDER ◽  
KRISTEL MILLER ◽  
SEAN FIELDING
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
Innovation Theory ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurs ◽  
New Models

The emergence of open innovation theory and practice, alongside the evolution to a quadruple helix system of innovation, has led to a need for universities to rethink their models of engagement with industry and wider society. One important element in this system is the entrepreneurial academics; however, there is a lack of research considering the motivations of entrepreneurial academics, who differ from academic entrepreneurs, to engage in knowledge transfer in line with open innovation policy. This research offers practical insights on whether new models of engagement, increasingly offered by universities, really address the policy drivers for open innovation. Furthermore, this research explores whether these activities might motivate entrepreneurial academics to participate. Preliminary findings identify that many supposedly new collaboration activities do not really motivate entrepreneurial academics. This may have important implications on the ability of universities to become truly open and to encourage their academics to become engaged in collaboration and impact.

scholarly journals How Does a Social Open Innovation Succeed? Learning from Burro Battery and Grassroots Innovation Festival of India

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhyo Joseph Yun ◽  
Abiodun A. Egbetoku ◽  
Xiaofei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
First Case ◽  
Grassroots Innovation ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Business Models

As people pay attentions to social innovation as the source of innovative ideas and the repository of new business models, this study poses the following research questions: How does a social open innovation succeed? What is the success factor of social open innovation? What are the successful dynamics of social open innovation? This article selected two case studies: one is the Burro Battery Company in Ghana and the other is grassroots innovation enterprise of India known as the Honey Bee Network and its collaborator, National Innovation Foundation (NIF), Ahmedabad. The first case is a social open innovation firm case while the second case is a social open innovation policy case. Through deep case study, we found out the ways of success of social open innovation strategy and social open innovation policy.

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