Incumbent Participation in Open Innovation: Supporting or Suppressing SME Performance?

Anders Ørding Olsen

Incumbent Participation in Open Innovation: Supporting or Suppressing SME Performance?

Anders Ørding Olsen

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Abstract

Recent years have seen an increasing shift towards open innovation approaches across a wide range of types and sizes of companies, as well as a surge in the interest from academics into the topic. Accessing knowledge and resources
otherwise unavailable through interactions with external partners is generally regarded as highly valuable to the development and commercialization of innovations. However, this paper explores a potential dark side of open
innovation. Based on well-establish theory, differences between the interests of incumbents and SMEs are hypothesized to influence the future survival and performance of the SME partners. Findings support the hypothesis that open
innovation engagement with incumbents has a negative impact on future survival and performance, moderated by radicalness and technological maturity. This elaborates on open innovation by increased understanding of drawbacks and worthwhile considerations of contingencies in partner choice.

Original language	English
Publication date	2014
Number of pages	14
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	The DRUID Academy Conference 2014 - Hotel Comwell Rebild Bakker, Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 15 Jan 2014 → 17 Jan 2014 Conference number: 35 http://druid8.sit.aau.dk/druid/registrant/index/login/cid/14

Conference

Conference	The DRUID Academy Conference 2014
Number	35
Location	Hotel Comwell Rebild Bakker
Country	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	15/01/2014 → 17/01/2014
Internet address	http://druid8.sit.aau.dk/druid/registrant/index/login/cid/14

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