SMEs and open innovation
Subtitle: global cases and initiatives
By: Hakikur Rahman and Isabel Ramos, editors
Publisher: Business Science Reference
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hershey, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781613505199; 9781613505205; 9781613505212
Subjects: Diffusion of innovations; Technological innovations; Management; Small business; Strategic alliances (Business); Industrial Research; Case studies
Description: "This book unites knowledge on how SMEs can apply open innovation strategies to development by incorporating academic, entrepreneurial, institutional, research, and empirical cases"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Concepts, researches, and practices; title: Research and practices on open innovation : perspectives SMEs; title: Open innovation and organizational capacities : a case study of a SME; title: Building innovative business ideas in small business enterprises : the case of bird ICT company; title: A structural model for the design and implementation of open innovation; title: A research model for OI : synthesizing opportunities and challenges surrounding SMEs; title: Innovation marketing, communication, and growth management; title: Global innovators : the empire's new clothes; title: Theoretical model for a local economy open innovation program : a user organization; title: Innovating elite undergraduate education through quality continuous improvement : a learning enterprise's: e-transformation perspective; title: Sources of innovation and success in the food service industry; title: Entrepreneurships, strategies, and crisis management; title: Dynamic learning as entrepreneurial action in the context of open innovation : an instrumental case from a communities-of-practice perspective; title: Open innovation strategies in SmEs : development of a business model; title: Cases illustrating risks and crisis management; title: Creativity, collaborationand co-creation; title: Apache sustained competitive advantage in the web server industry; title: Innovation 2.0 : creating a sustainable business model and a win-win ecosystem; title: Crowdsourcing in small and medium sized enterprises; title: Open innovation in france : a case study of an emerging eco-innovation cluster.