The Role of Information Technology in Enabling Open Innovation: Complementarity or Substitutability?

Reza Ghaffari and Benoit Aubert

CIRANO Working Papers from CIRANO

Abstract: This paper conceptualizes the role (complementarity or substitutability) of a set of IT-enabled capabilities in effectively facilitating inbound open innovation - the strategy to open up the organization’s internal innovation process to external ideas and partners. These IT-enabled capabilities have been argued to contribute significantly to innovation in organizations.

Keywords: Innovation; Open innovation; Information Technology; IT capabilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04-08
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