Proclivity for open innovation: Construct development and empirical validation

Over the past decade, the concept of open innovation has received substantial attention. Research has ranged from case study representations to large-scale quantitative studies using the Community Innovation Survey data or developing novel approaches to measuring open innovation. In this study, we c...

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Published inInnovation (North Sydney) Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 191 - 211
Main Authors Rangus, Kaja, Drnovšek, Mateja, Di Minin, Alberto
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Maleny Routledge 01.01.2016
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Competitive advantage
construct validity
Employee involvement
Innovations
Intellectual property
Knowledge
Licences
Licenses
open innovation
proclivity
R&D
Research & development
scale development
Startups
Studies
Validity
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Summary:Over the past decade, the concept of open innovation has received substantial attention. Research has ranged from case study representations to large-scale quantitative studies using the Community Innovation Survey data or developing novel approaches to measuring open innovation. In this study, we conceptualise and validate a firm-level measure of proclivity for open innovation, which relates to the firm's predisposition to perform inbound and outbound open innovation activities. To do so, we focus on smaller firms, assessing their organisational and behavioural perspectives related to open innovation. Building on existing scholarly research and a field study, we begin by conceptualising the theoretical framework of the multidimensional construct. We then develop and validate its measurement scale on two cross-cultural samples. The measure contains the following dimensions: inward IP licensing and external participation, outsourcing R&D and external networking, customer involvement, employee involvement, venturing, and outward IP licensing. Our results indicate that the measure has good reliability and validity. Implications for future research are also discussed.
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ISSN:1447-9338
2204-0226
DOI:10.1080/14479338.2016.1213136