Managing Distributed Innovation: Strategic Utilization of Open and User Innovation

Marcel Bogers, Joel West · 2012 · Creativity and Innovation Management

Summary. Innovation increasingly happens across multiple organizations and stakeholders rather than within single firms. This paper compares vertically integrated innovation against open innovation, user innovation, crowdsourcing, and co-creation models. It examines how these distributed approaches differ in their sources, motivations, and value capture mechanisms, then provides a framework for strategically managing innovation across organizational boundaries.

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Bogers, M., & West, J.. (2012). Managing Distributed Innovation: Strategic Utilization of Open and User Innovation. Creativity and Innovation Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8691.2011.00622.x

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2011.00622.x
Countries: Denmark, United States
Regions: Europe, North America
Categories: innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28