USER-INVOLVEMENT AND OPEN INNOVATION: THE CASE OF DECISION-MAKER OPENNESS

Kristina Risom Jespersen · 2010 · International Journal of Innovation Management

Summary. Decision-maker openness determines whether companies can truly implement open innovation through user involvement in product development. The cognitive distance between decision-makers and users creates barriers to adopting novel user inputs. The research shows that when decision-makers remain closed-minded, open innovation fails to materialize, even when users are available as external resources. Successful innovation requires decision-makers to act as boundary spanners who embrace cognitively distant user perspectives.

Read the original

Cite this article

Jespersen, K. R.. (2010). USER-INVOLVEMENT AND OPEN INNOVATION: THE CASE OF DECISION-MAKER OPENNESS. International Journal of Innovation Management. https://doi.org/10.1142/s136391961000274x

@article{jespersen-2010-user-involvement-open-innovation-case,
  title   = {USER-INVOLVEMENT AND OPEN INNOVATION: THE CASE OF DECISION-MAKER OPENNESS},
  author  = {Kristina Risom Jespersen},
  journal = {International Journal of Innovation Management},
  year    = {2010},
  doi     = {10.1142/s136391961000274x},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1142/s136391961000274x}
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - USER-INVOLVEMENT AND OPEN INNOVATION: THE CASE OF DECISION-MAKER OPENNESS
AU  - Kristina Risom Jespersen
JO  - International Journal of Innovation Management
PY  - 2010
DO  - 10.1142/s136391961000274x
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1142/s136391961000274x
ER  -

Details

DOI: 10.1142/s136391961000274x
Countries: Denmark
Regions: Europe
Categories: innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28