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Open Innovation Practices and Innovation Performance: A Dynamic Capabilities Approach
Ovuakporie, Oghogho D.
Ovuakporie, Oghogho D.
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2018
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University of Bradford
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Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences
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2018
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This study explores empirically the link between open innovation and dynamic
capabilities. The aim is to understand the relevant capabilities required by firms
to effectively engage in open innovation practices and how these practices
affect innovation performance. The analysis is based on five selected service
sub-sectors with a sample size of 3910 firms drawn from a dataset containing
information on innovation activities in the UK.
The findings show that knowledge creation capability is positively related to
inbound and coupled open innovation practices. Contrary to expectation, partial
support is found for the positive relationship between knowledge acquisition
capability and inbound open innovation, and no support for coupled open
innovation. The findings also show that operational reconfiguration strengthens
the positive effects of coupled open innovation practices and incremental
innovation performance. On the other hand, strategic reconfiguration
strengthens the positive effects of coupled open innovation practices and
radical innovation performance.
This study contributes to theory by revealing the link between open innovation
and dynamic capabilities. The study provides empirical evidence on the
capabilities through which effective open innovation can be achieved in a
dynamic environment. It also contributes to knowledge to show the effect of
open innovation practices on innovation performance in the service context and
the differential moderating effects of reconfiguration capabilities.
Firms can use insights from this study to identify the relevant capabilities to
develop in order to enhance their level of involvement in open innovation
practices. The study also offer insights on the open innovation practices that
service firms can pursue in order to achieve the desired innovation outcomes.
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