... social media are unclear. The present study seeks to contribute to the understanding of this topic. Design/methodology/approach With a basis in the literature on open innovation and SMEs, this study develops a model that explains the role of social media in product innovation processes where...

...Shane Barrett; Frank Crowley; Justin Doran; Mari O'Connor Purpose This paper examines the relationship between open innovation (measured by exploratory and exploitative linkages) and firm-level innovative activity in the offshore renewable energy (ORE) sector. Design/methodology/approach...

...Hyrije Abazi-Alili; Iraj Hashi; Gadaf Rexhepi; Veland Ramadani; Andreas Kallmuenzer Purpose Open innovation (OI), by now one of the major concepts for the analysis of innovation, is seen as a methodology for collaboratively designing and implementing solutions by engaging stakeholders...

... Licensed re-use rights only This study explores how open innovation (OI) can be instrumental for entrepreneurs in sensing and seizing entrepreneurial opportunities in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study also illustrates how OI can help SMEs overcome the liability of smallness...

...Suresh Malodia; Chetna Chauhan; Fauzia Jabeen; Amandeep Dhir Purpose Entrepreneurship across sectors has been impacted by the paradigm of open innovation in the last few decades. Although Open Innovation is argued to impact firm performance the strategic building blocks of open innovation...

...Md Imtiaz Mostafiz; Farhad Uddin Ahmed; Paul Hughes Purpose This study investigates how firms build strong dynamic marketing capability (DMC) from open innovation (OI) to enhance the performance of entrepreneurial firms. Moreover, this study unfolds DMC's mediating and moderating mechanisms...

...Sarah Jack; Professor Mary Rose; Antonio Padilla‐Meléndez; Aurora Garrido‐Moreno Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the main factors affecting researcher engagement in knowledge transfer exchanges (KTE) in an Open Innovation (OI) context, devoting special attention to specific...

...Sarah Jack; Professor Mary Rose; Jeremy Howells; Ronnie Ramlogan; Shu‐Li Cheng Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature and impact of higher education institution (HEI) in a distributed, open innovation system using a survey of some 600 firms in the UK. Design/methodology...