Open innovation profile in small and medium-sized firms. The perspective of technology centres and business associations

Ana Carolina S. Carvalho and António Carrizo Moreira

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2015, vol. 18, issue 1, 4-22

Abstract: This work seeks to understand and characterise the innovative profile of Portuguese SMEs within the context of open innovation. The analysis draws on interviews conducted with the business associations and technological centres in the moulds, footwear and automotive industries in Portugal. The study conducted here follows an exploratory approach. This study suggests that while open innovation is relatively widespread in its adoption of external knowledge, technology transfer outside the business is less commonplace. The innovation partners are varied, chosen based on competence and experience as well as their networking ability.

Keywords: open innovation; small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; relationships; innovation partners; Portugal; technology centres; business associations; mould industry; footwear industry; automobile industry; automotive innovation; external knowledge; technology transfer; competence; experience; networking ability. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=70242 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijilea:v:18:y:2015:i:1:p:4-22

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Innovation and Learning from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().