The Open Innovation Research Landscape: Established Perspectives and Emerging Themes across Different Levels of Analysis

Industry and Innovation, 2017, Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 8-40, DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2016.1240068

49 Pages Posted: 5 Aug 2016 Last revised: 1 Aug 2018

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Marcel Bogers

Eindhoven University of Technology; University of Copenhagen; University of California, Berkeley

Ann-Kristin Zobel

ETH Zürich

Allan Afuah

University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Corporate Strategy and International Business

Esteve Almirall

ESADE Business School

Sabine Brunswicker

Purdue University - Research Center for Open Digital Innovation (RCODI); Purdue University - Discovery Park

Linus Dahlander

ESMT European School of Management and Technology

Lars Frederiksen

Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences

Annabelle Gawer

University of Surrey

Marc Gruber

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne - MTEI

Stefan Haefliger

ETH Zürich - Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC); City, University of London

John Hagedoorn

Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics

Dennis Hilgers

JKU Linz | Institute for Public and Nonprofit Management; RWTH Aachen University - Technology and Innovation Management Group

Keld Laursen

Copenhagen Business School - Department of Industrial Economics & Strategy (IVS)

Mats Magnusson

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Ann Majchrzak

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

Ian P. McCarthy

Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business

Kathrin M. Moeslein

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Satish Nambisan

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Frank T. Piller

RWTH Aachen University

Agnieszka Radziwon

Aarhus University; University of Southern Denmark - Mads Clausen Institute for Product Innovation

Cristina Rossi Lamastra

Politecnico di Milano

Jonathan Sims

Babson College - Management Division

Anne L. J. Ter Wal

Imperial College Business School

Date Written: June 26, 2016

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the main perspectives and themes emerging in research on open innovation. The paper is the result of a collaborative process among several open innovation scholars — having a common basis in the recurrent Professional Development Workshop (PDW) on “Researching Open Innovation” at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. In this paper, we present opportunities for future research on open innovation, organized at different levels of analysis. We discuss some of the contingencies at these different levels, and argue that future research needs to study open innovation — originally an organizational-level phenomenon — across multiple levels of analysis. While our integrative framework allows comparing, contrasting, and integrating different perspectives at different levels of analysis, further theorizing will be needed to advance open innovation research. On this basis, we propose some new research categories as well as questions for future research — particularly those that span across research domains that have so far developed in isolation.

Keywords: Open Innovation, Review, Research, Theory, Contingencies, Knowledge, Collaboration

Suggested Citation

Bogers, Marcel and Zobel, Ann-Kristin and Afuah, Allan and Almirall, Esteve and Brunswicker, Sabine and Dahlander, Linus and Frederiksen, Lars and Gawer, Annabelle and Gruber, Marc and Haefliger, Stefan and Haefliger, Stefan and Hagedoorn, John and Hilgers, Dennis and Laursen, Keld and Magnusson, Mats and Majchrzak, Ann and McCarthy, Ian P. and Moeslein, Kathrin M. and Nambisan, Satish and Piller, Frank T. and Radziwon, Agnieszka and Radziwon, Agnieszka and Rossi Lamastra, Cristina and Sims, Jonathan and Ter Wal, Anne L. J., The Open Innovation Research Landscape: Established Perspectives and Emerging Themes across Different Levels of Analysis (June 26, 2016). Industry and Innovation, 2017, Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 8-40, DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2016.1240068, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2817865 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2817865

Marcel Bogers (Contact Author)

Eindhoven University of Technology

Den Dolech 2
Eindhoven, North Brabant 5612 AZ
Netherlands

HOME PAGE: http://www.tue.nl

University of Copenhagen ( email )

Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO)
Rolighedsvej 23
Copenhagen, 1958
Denmark

University of California, Berkeley

Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation
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Berkeley, CA 94720
United States

Ann-Kristin Zobel

ETH Zürich

Switzerland

Allan Afuah

University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business ( email )

701 Tappan Street
Ann Arbor, MI MI 48109
United States

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Corporate Strategy and International Business ( email )

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Esteve Almirall

ESADE Business School ( email )

Av. de Pedralbes, 60-62
Barcelona, 08034
Spain

Sabine Brunswicker

Purdue University - Research Center for Open Digital Innovation (RCODI) ( email )

516 Northwestern Ave
West-Lafayette, IN 47906
United States

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Purdue University - Discovery Park ( email )

United States

Linus Dahlander

ESMT European School of Management and Technology ( email )

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Germany

Lars Frederiksen

Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences ( email )

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Denmark

Annabelle Gawer

University of Surrey ( email )

Guildford, Surrey GU2 8DN
United Kingdom

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Marc Gruber

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne - MTEI ( email )

Odyssea
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Lausanne, 1015
Switzerland

Stefan Haefliger

ETH Zürich - Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC) ( email )

ETH-Zentrum
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United States

City, University of London ( email )

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John Hagedoorn

Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics ( email )

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Maastricht, 6200 MD
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Dennis Hilgers

JKU Linz | Institute for Public and Nonprofit Management ( email )

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Linz, A4040
Austria

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RWTH Aachen University - Technology and Innovation Management Group ( email )

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Germany

Keld Laursen

Copenhagen Business School - Department of Industrial Economics & Strategy (IVS) ( email )

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Denmark
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Mats Magnusson

KTH Royal Institute of Technology ( email )

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Sweden

Ann Majchrzak

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business ( email )

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Los Angeles, CA California 90089
United States

Ian P. McCarthy

Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business ( email )

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Canada

Kathrin M. Moeslein

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg ( email )

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Germany

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HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management ( email )

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Leipzig, 04109
Germany

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Satish Nambisan

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ( email )

Troy, NY 12180
United States

Frank T. Piller

RWTH Aachen University ( email )

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AACHEN, D-52056
Germany

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Agnieszka Radziwon

University of Southern Denmark - Mads Clausen Institute for Product Innovation ( email )

Denmark

Aarhus University ( email )

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Aarhus, 8000
Denmark

Cristina Rossi Lamastra

Politecnico di Milano ( email )

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Italy
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Jonathan Sims

Babson College - Management Division ( email )

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United States

Anne L. J. Ter Wal

Imperial College Business School ( email )

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United Kingdom
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