This collection investigates the phenomenon of ""Open Innovation,"", in which firms draw on research and development … that may lie outside their own boundaries. The book's contributors link the practice of innovation to the established body … of innovation rsearch, showing what's new and what's familiar in the process. Looking in depth at a process recently …

This volume provides an understanding of firms' R&D and innovation strategies and their economy-wide consequences. It … heterogeneous ways in which firms organize and undertake R&D and innovation activities. It emphasizes innovation strategies of … innovating firms, and reflects that innovation efforts do not represent a uniform type of expenditure. Organized into three parts …