Firms entering new markets face a difficult challenge: how to manage the innovation process to satisfy specific clients’ requests. In view of its geographical location and business friendly policies Dubai has become the gateway between East and West. Thus, European travel & tourism industry...

Purpose – Many companies claim they are adopting an open approach to innovation, but each of them with its own way. This paper aims to explore the different models for opening up the innovation process adopted in practice. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilises an extended survey...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to shed further light on determinants of the openness degree to give a more conclusive evidence to the research in the field. In particular, the influence exerted by the technological strategy is still debated, in that evidence on the relationship between...

<p>The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">The Theoretical Framework</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">The Empirical Study <ul><li class="bullet"> Open innovators</li><li class="bullet"> Specialised collaborators</li><li class="bullet"> Integrated collaborators</li><li class="bullet"> Closed innovators</li></ul> <p></li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Conclusions</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">References</li></ul> <p>