How to Find the Right Partner? Open Innovation Partner Selection Process

The aim of this paper is to gain an understanding the partner selection process for open innovation. inability choose partners can lead problems such as opportunistic behavior, failure innovation, and a reluctance collaborate. Therefore, crucial in Attention directed determining factors that must be considered partner. contents are mainly based on in-depth interviews with experts practitioners who represent both organizations individuals actors innovation activities. results show complementarity, compatibility, trust important considerations selecting right implication research managerial approach needed supports company’s ability find evaluate external sources knowledge support originality article provide existence organization network helps access resources. Involving parties accelerates In case, getting very important.