SME open innovation for process development: Understanding process-dedicated external knowledge sourcing

SME Information Sourcing for Innovation and Export Market Development : From Local or External Networks ?

A survey analysis of innovation information and input sourcing of New South Wales regional exporting firms indicates that the majority of regional exporters were small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The analysis shows that these SMEs have been able to establish their own extensive information linkages into the international economy. Consequently, the need to assess and develop the benefits...

External Knowledge and Information Technology: Implications for Process Innovation Performance

Prior research highlights the vital role of information technology (IT) for innovation in firms. In this paper, we draw on the knowledge-based view of the firm to investigate how search in external knowledge sources and information technology for knowledge absorption jointly influence process innovation performance. Our model is tested on a nineyear panel (2003–2011) of Swiss firms from a wide ...

Knowledge in the Innovation Process:

Based upon an Innovation Knowledge Life Cycle (IKLC) and the six phases of the Innovation Process the project INNOVANET studies the processes applied in innovation and the knowledge management technologies in use for innovation support in European industry and science. This paper presents the IKLC and the process model together including the results of a study based on qualitative interviews co...

A Process-Oriented Tool Development in the Open Innovation Paradigm

Social innovation: the process development of knowledge-intensive companies

The new service development of knowledge-intensive companies in emerging economies is changing from processes with only economic goals to processes that combine economic and social needs. In this approach, processes are socially constructed through society, aiming at achieving innovation success. The main research goal is to explore how companies organise the development process of new services...