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Title:

Identifying Open Innovation Partners: A Methodology for Strategic Partner Selection

Document type:
Magazinartikel
Author(s):
Guertler, Matthias Rudolf; Lindemann, Udo
Abstract:
By opening a company’s innovation process, and allowing purposeful collaboration with external partners, Open Innovation (OI) offers several advantages, such as the use of external expertise, shorter time-to-market and reduced failure rates. However, the success of OI projects is directly linked to the selection of suitable partners, who operationally or strategically contribute to reach the goal of the OI project. Despite this relevance of OIpartner selection, methodical support has hitherto be...     »
Keywords:
Decision-making; German Mittelstand SME; open innovation; open innovation partners; partner choice; project planning
Journal title:
International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim)
Year:
2016
Journal volume:
20
Quarter:
2. Quartal
Month:
May
Journal issue:
5
Pages contribution:
1-20
Covered by:
Scopus
Reviewed:
ja
Language:
en
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1142/S1363919616400119
Notes:
Innovation & Kreativität
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