Open innovation: A preliminary model from the Knowledge-based Theory

Knowledge Management in Railway Industry: A Conceptual Model Based on Open Innovation and online Communities

Organizations need to be capable of attracting external knowledge. This activity is extremely related to innovation process and particularly to open innovation approach. Therefore, this qualitative research is designed to identify the dimensions and components for providing a conceptual model of KM architecture by open innovation approach based on online communities in the grounded theory frame...

Factors influencing Open Innovation: Case of Knowledge-Based Companies in Oil and Gas Industry

Technological entrepreneurship at oil and gas knowledge-based companies plays an important role in the growth of societies by increasing the technological capacity of the economy through the production, transfer, and dissemination of technological products in todaychr('39')s competitive era. Due to the technology-oriented nature of the oil and gas industry and the high costs of its research and...

Factors influencing Open Innovation: Case of Knowledge-Based Companies in Oil and Gas Industry

Technological entrepreneurship at oil and gas knowledge-based companies plays an important role in the growth of societies by increasing the technological capacity of the economy through the production, transfer, and dissemination of technological products in todaychr('39')s competitive era. Due to the technology-oriented nature of the oil and gas industry and the high costs of its research and...

Determinants of innovation through a knowledge-based theory lens

Benefiting from External Knowledge in Open Innovation Processes

The importance of knowledge and knowledge management for organizations has been widely discussed in recent years. Historically, the lion’s share of organizational knowledge was generated internally, e.g., by a company’s R&D department. Today, only few firms can sustain their competitiveness and innovativeness by focusing exclusively on internal knowledge sources. In order to keep track of recen...