A large body of literature explores the role of context, structure, actors, and outcomes of
open innovation (OI), yet pays little attention to the mechanisms underlying these …

Innovation intermediaries have become numerous and diverse. Faced with this growing
heterogeneity, there is the need to advance understanding of the organisations that engage …

Taking into account the increasing importance of digitalization to characterize companies'
competitive advantages, and the contextual growing research interest in digital …

Despite the popularity of open innovation in recent years, studies examining the impact of
open innovation upon firm performance have shown mixed results. Previous empirical work …

This research article explores the role of institutional innovation intermediaries in
accelerating the commercialisation of (clean) technologies. Drawing on the finance and …

The role of external parties in the innovation efforts has received much attention on the firm-
level, but there are less studies on open innovation projects. This is surprising, since …

Innovation intermediaries have emerged as prominent forms of intervention for supporting
technological changes and driving sociotechnical transitions. In this paper, we draw on an in …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between open innovation and
the use of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) …

In networked or open innovation processes, so-called innovation communities have been
identified in the innovation champion literature, in which innovation champions from different …

Social media are essentially changing the way firms communicate, create and collaborate in
and for innovation. In this special issue introductory article, we take stock of the robust multi …