The journey in Open Innovation to develop a SME: A longitudinal case study in a French robotics company

Jean-Claude Boldrini (), Guy Caverot and Maxime Ezequel
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Jean-Claude Boldrini: LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - IEMN-IAE Nantes - Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes
Guy Caverot: société BA Systèmes
Maxime Ezequel: société BA Systèmes

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Abstract: Open innovation has become a major topic in innovation management. Research however has mostly focused on large companies, in the area of inbound open innovation, on the technological scope or industrial protection. The topic of outbound open innovation, the processes implemented and the management practices deployed in SMEs have been less well investigated. This article aims to go some way towards filling this gap. A collaborative longitudinal case study was carried out by a researcher and two practitioners in a robotics SME. The results show the impact, mainly positive, of open innovation on the company. The functions of technological gatekeeper and "innovation project promoter", created while the open innovation process was being established, are illustrated through the examples of previous collaborative projects and a current major research European project applied to robotics in which the company is involved.

Keywords: Inbound open innovation; outbound open innovation; innovation process implementation; SMEs; collaborative projects; Innovation ouverte entrante; innovation ouverte sortante; implémentation de processus d’innovation; PME; projets collaboratifs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-04-06
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