The Culture for Open Innovation Dynamics

JinHyo Joseph Yun, Xiaofei Zhao, KwangHo Jung and Tan Yigitcanlar
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JinHyo Joseph Yun: Department of Open Innovation and Business Model, Open Innovation Academy of SOI, and DGIST, Daegu 42988, Korea
Xiaofei Zhao: Department of Open Innovation and Business Model, Open Innovation Academy of SOI, and DGIST, Daegu 42988, Korea
KwangHo Jung: Korea Institute of Public Affairs, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 086626, Korea
Tan Yigitcanlar: School of Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-21

Abstract: Culture, in its various forms, has always been a critical driver of innovation. This paper focuses on generating some insights into the role of “culture for open innovation dynamics”. First, because the requirement to understand culture, which can control open innovation complexity, has been augmented, we want to answer the following research question in this study: How can we define or organize “culture for open innovation dynamics”, which can motivate open innovation dynamics, and control open innovation complexity? Second, we propose a concept model of culture for open innovation dynamics by reviewing the literature on the culture of firms in terms of their traits, organization, static innovation, and dynamic aspects regarding their innovation in entrepreneurship, and we validate said model through an indirect social experiment using the research results of 23 Special Issue papers. Third, the concept model of culture for open innovation dynamics is explained as the interaction between three different entrepreneurship dimensions: Entrepreneurship of novice entrepreneurs, intrapreneurship of employees of an existing firm, and organizational entrepreneurship by the firm itself. According to the balance of three sub-entrepreneurship types, culture for open innovation dynamics can have different aspects, namely, entrepreneurship leading culture for open innovation dynamics, intrapreneurship leading culture for open innovation dynamics, or organizational entrepreneurship leading culture for open innovation dynamics. This paper helps organizations and entrepreneurs to better understand the role that culture plays in boosting open innovation dynamics.

Keywords: culture; open innovation dynamics; entrepreneurship; intrapreneurship; organizational entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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