WHAT DOES OPEN INNOVATION MEAN? BUSINESS VERSUS ACADEMIC PERCEPTIONS

Roman Teplov, Ekaterina Albats and Daria Podmetina
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Roman Teplov: Lappeenranta University of Technology, School of Business and Management, P.O. Box 20, Lappeenranta 53851, Finland
Ekaterina Albats: Lappeenranta University of Technology, School of Business and Management, Kouvola Unit Prikaatintie 9, FI-45100 Kouvola, Finland
Daria Podmetina: Lappeenranta University of Technology, School of Business and Management, Kouvola Unit Prikaatintie 9, FI-45100 Kouvola, Finland

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2019, vol. 23, issue 01, 1-33

Abstract: Since the first appearance of ‘open innovation’ as a theoretical concept in 2003, the debates on its essence still continue among academics, while its interpretations within the business community also seem to differ from one company to another. Using a survey of 251 companies operating in Europe, in this research, we compare the perceptions of open innovation that exist within both the academic and business worlds, to assist in the conceptual development of the phenomenon. Our research reveals a mismatch in these perceptions, as only a few activities counted as ‘open’ by innovation scholars appear to affect companies’ self-reported state of open innovation implementation. Moreover, our research has shown differences in the interpretation of open innovation among companies of different sizes. Only free revealing, acknowledged by scholars as one of the open innovation practices, has been recognised as such a practice by all the studied firms. This paper contributes to conceptualisation of ‘open innovation’ and shares practical insights on bridging academia and business perceptions of it.

Keywords: Open innovation; open innovation definition; academic perception of open innovation; business perception of open innovation; open innovation activity; open innovation in Europe; open innovation self-perception; survey; quantitative research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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