Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Contemporary Dilemmas of Management Sciences
- Organisational Change: Continuous Threat or a Chance for a Better Tomorrow Despite a Worse Today?
- Coopetition and Its Determinants in a Business Group: Theoretical Considerations
- The Effect of Managerial Ownership and Company Performance on CEO Turnover: Evidence from the Polish Two-Tier Board Model
- Effective Management Succession Models in Larger Family Enterprises: Presentation of the Best Practices in the World
- Management of Family Businesses in View of the Challenges of Modern Economy
- The Development of Instruments for Financial Security Management of Households
- Benefits of Competition and Cooperation among Local Government Units within Polish Metropolitan Areas
- Practical Experience in the Formation of Entrepreneurial Competencies among Students
- The Role of Innovation Management Standards in Fostering Innovation Processes in Enterprises
- Organisational Innovations in the e-Business Model Maturity Assessment
- Born Global Organisations in the Contemporary Networks of Relations
- Motives for Creating Open Innovation in Enterprises Operating in Poland
- The Entrepreneurial Context of Nonprofit Manager Assessment: Comparative Case Study
- Analysis of Current Managerial Problems on the Example of a Distinctive Organisational Unit of Public Administration
- Customer Service in a Marketing and Logistics Approach
- Human Resources Management in Enterprises 4.0: Opportunities, Threats and Challenges for Practice and Theory
- Variety Management and Diversity Management as a Response to Complexity
Motives for Creating Open Innovation in Enterprises Operating in Poland
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Contemporary Dilemmas of Management Sciences
- Organisational Change: Continuous Threat or a Chance for a Better Tomorrow Despite a Worse Today?
- Coopetition and Its Determinants in a Business Group: Theoretical Considerations
- The Effect of Managerial Ownership and Company Performance on CEO Turnover: Evidence from the Polish Two-Tier Board Model
- Effective Management Succession Models in Larger Family Enterprises: Presentation of the Best Practices in the World
- Management of Family Businesses in View of the Challenges of Modern Economy
- The Development of Instruments for Financial Security Management of Households
- Benefits of Competition and Cooperation among Local Government Units within Polish Metropolitan Areas
- Practical Experience in the Formation of Entrepreneurial Competencies among Students
- The Role of Innovation Management Standards in Fostering Innovation Processes in Enterprises
- Organisational Innovations in the e-Business Model Maturity Assessment
- Born Global Organisations in the Contemporary Networks of Relations
- Motives for Creating Open Innovation in Enterprises Operating in Poland
- The Entrepreneurial Context of Nonprofit Manager Assessment: Comparative Case Study
- Analysis of Current Managerial Problems on the Example of a Distinctive Organisational Unit of Public Administration
- Customer Service in a Marketing and Logistics Approach
- Human Resources Management in Enterprises 4.0: Opportunities, Threats and Challenges for Practice and Theory
- Variety Management and Diversity Management as a Response to Complexity
Summary
Abstract
The paper discusses results of research carried out to identify the main motives/drivers for creating open innovation in enterprises operating in the Polish market. As there is no list of potential motives for creating open innovation that would be universally or generally approved by researchers, the authors propose their original classification which they have empirically validated on a group of 122 innovative companies operating in the Polish market. The obtained results have confirmed the four earlier formulated research assumptions. Firstly, internal motives more strongly encourage innovative enterprises operating in the Polish market to create open innovations than external drivers. Secondly, the industry in which a company operates does matter for the motives followed when creating open innovations. Thirdly, being part of a business group also impacts the drivers for creating open innovation. Fourthly, the size of an enterprise impacts the motives for creating open innovation.
Keywords: open innovation, innovation, innovativeness, innovation process, enterprises
Introduction
Changes that are taking place in the contemporary environment of enterprises have resulted in a situation when it is more effective to create open innovation based on cooperation with external actors rather than doing it within a closed model. The innovation process is open in the conception and commercialisation stage. The concept of open innovation is a paradigm according to which companies can and should use external as well as internal ideas in their innovation processes and internal and external paths to the market.
There is a wide variety of reasons why enterprises decide to opt for open innovation model. In the literature those reasons are referred to as “motives” or “drivers.” Since most researchers use both terms interchangeably, the authors consider them as a synonymous. This paper is aimed at identifying the main motives/drivers for creating open innovation in enterprises operating in the Polish market. Conclusions were drawn based on the results of the study carried out in 2019 on a group of 122 innovative enterprises operating in the Polish market within the framework of a research project titled “Motives and Barriers for Creating Open Innovation.”
Due to the absence of a universal list of potential motives for creating open innovation that could be generally approved by all researchers, the authors proposed their own classification that was empirically validated on a group of innovative enterprises in Poland.
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- The Future of ManagementVolume One: Entrepreneurship, Change and Flexibility, pp. 193 - 204Publisher: Jagiellonian University PressPrint publication year: 2022