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  • Preparing for distant collaboration: Antecedents to potential absorptive capacity in cross-industry innovation

    March 23, 2014 Editor 0

    Publication date: April 2014Source:Technovation, Volume 34, Issue 4 Author(s): Ellen Enkel , Sebastian Heil Cross-industry innovation entails distinctive innovation opportunities and challenges according to the knowledge heterogeneity between the collaborating firms. This heterogeneity yields increases in organizational-level cognitive distance. Whereas recent theory suggests cognitive distance is positively related to exploratory innovation, too much distance can […]

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  • Understanding and managing knowledge loss

    September 22, 2013 Editor 0

    Abstract Purpose – Research on knowledge loss is at an early stage of evolution. This paper seeks to extend the existent literature through an exploratory investigation of the drivers and impacts of knowledge loss, as well as associated retention strategies within manufacturing and service operations. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple research streams are used to explore and […]

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  • Treat Everything as a Case Study

    February 5, 2013 Editor 0

    I was driving past a Volkswagen dealer during a 15-hour drive from Miami to New Orleans when my 9- and 10-year-old kids excitedly pointed out the old Beetle that was parked alongside a row of brand-new models. Ah, yes, I said, a clear case of brand reinforcement through product differentiation: The odd thing stands out. […]

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  • Separating the wheat from the chaff – a taxonomy of open innovation

    October 14, 2011 Editor 0

    Abstract Purpose – The main objective of this paper is to shed light on the confusion of terminologies related to open innovation through the development of an open innovation taxonomy. By analyzing published case studies using numerical taxonomy methods, it proposes a taxonomic classification of open innovation.

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  • Separating the wheat from the chaff – a taxonomy of open innovation

    August 12, 2011 Editor 0

    Abstract Purpose – The main objective of our work is to shed light on the confusion of terminologies related to open innovation through the development of anopen innovation taxonomy, by analyzing published case studies using numerical taxonomy methods, in order to propose a taxonomic classification of open innovation.

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