Organizing for Innovation

Joshua Eckblad, Elena Golovko

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Abstract

Knowledge diffusion and knowledge externalities are important sources of economic growth. It is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain competitive advantage through the pursuit of internal R&D alone, due to changing business environments and the acceleration of technology development, as well as the increasing costs associated with R&D activities. Consequently, firms purposefully search for novel knowledge outside their boundaries, adopting an “open innovation” approach. In this paper, we focus on external knowledge sourcing strategies and discuss the challenges that firms encounter in managing interorganizational collaborations that such external sourcing implies. In particular, we focus on two ways to organize external knowledge sourcing: learning from foreign environments and the use of corporate incubators as a part of corporate venturing strategy. We conclude by highlighting possible topics for review articles including knowledge exchange and external knowledge sourcing strategies; performance effects of different knowledge sourcing strategies; new organizational forms for managing innovation processes within and between firms.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15-37
JournalJournal of Evolutionary Studies in Business
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2016

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Knowledge sourcing
Organizing
Innovation
Sourcing strategy
Technology development
Competitive advantage
Inter-organizational collaboration
Incubator
Sourcing
Open innovation
New organizational forms
Managing innovation
Knowledge exchange
Externalities
Innovation process
Economic growth
Knowledge diffusion
Corporate venturing
Business environment
Costs

Keywords

  • open innovation
  • external knowlegde sourcing
  • learning from foreign environments
  • corporate incubators

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Eckblad, Joshua ; Golovko, Elena. / Organizing for Innovation. In: Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business. 2016 ; Vol. 1, No. 1. pp. 15-37.
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Organizing for Innovation. / Eckblad, Joshua; Golovko, Elena.

In: Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business, Vol. 1, No. 1, 01.2016, p. 15-37.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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Eckblad J, Golovko E. Organizing for Innovation. Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business. 2016 Jan;1(1):15-37. https://doi.org/10.1344/jesb2016.1.j002

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