Open innovation has rendered increased interest both in practice and research, and has expanded from dyadic transfers … of ideas, to ecosystem levels. Knowledge is at the heart of open innovation, and this paper describes and discusses … knowledge-transfer linkages for open innovation. It does so based on a literature review. The paper links together open …

business partners, be fitted into new or current business networks. In the literature on innovation, the incremental, radical … performed by the author. The findings suggest links between the type of innovation, and the role of the network and network … innovation. Furthermore, the paper contributes to previous research through indicating the various types of innovations …

collaboration with start-ups within their corporate innovation ecosystems (CIEs). The purpose of this study is to analyze the role … of SCUs with reference to the transfer of knowledge between start-ups and large companies in collaborative innovation … collaborative innovation processes involving start-ups by studying the knowledge-broker role played by SCUs in the complex network …

open innovation and knowledge on business ecosystems development. This special issue includes ten papers specific related … to the special issue topic: Open Innovation and Knowledge for Fostering Business Ecosystems. Jointly, the papers …