The paper focuses on the challenges of integrating external sources in the innovation process and investigates the role of environmental turbulence in this context. Building on the resources-based view and the dynamic capabilities perspective the authors propose that open innovation strategies...

In this paper, I analyse the impact that a perceived lack of an installed base has on the adoption of technological products. I use the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), which considers perceived usefulness and ease-of-use as the central drivers of adoption and propose that the perceived lack...

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Open Innovation in Turbulent Environments</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Types of External Sources for Open Innovation in Turbulent Settings</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Methods <ul><li class="bullet"> Data and sample</li><li class="bullet"> Measures <ul><li class="bullet"> Open innovation</li><li class="bullet"> Innovation success</li><li class="bullet"> Environmental turbulence</li><li class="bullet"> Controls</li></ul> <p></li><li class="bullet"> Results</li></ul> <p></li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Conclusion and...</li></ul></p></p>

In recent years, the front end of innovation has drawn a great deal of attention as an important driver of new product development (NPD) success. In this study, we analyze the impact of knowledge gathering, project planning, interfunctional collaboration and formalization on the ability to...

Although various user-centric innovation concepts have proved successful in niche markets and specific industries, there is yet little understanding how these models may become more widely diffused in manufacturing industries. We apply an evolutionary economics perspective to explore possible...

In this paper we present results from a study on three innovation platforms in Switzerland and Austria. We conducted studies of crowdsourcing platforms run by the Swiss 'Atizo.com', 3M Austria's 'Zukunft-Innovation' and A1 Telekom Austria's 'A1 Innovations' including interviews with the...