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Business-to-business open innovation: COVID-19 lessons for small and medium-sized enterprises from emerging markets

Stefan Marković, Nikolina Koporčić, Maja Arslanagić-Kalajdžić, Selma Kadić‐Maglajlić, Mehdi Bagherzadeh, Nazrul Islam · 2021 · Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Summary. SMEs in emerging markets adopted open innovation strategies during COVID-19, forming new collaborations with customers and competitors despite resource constraints. Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina shows these firms shifted from traditional competitive practices toward collaborative partnerships to develop innovations during crisis. The paper provides recommendations for managers on managing openness in emerging market SMEs.

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Marković, S., Koporčić, N., Arslanagić-Kalajdžić, M., Kadić‐Maglajlić, S., Bagherzadeh, M., & Islam, N.. (2021). Business-to-business open innovation: COVID-19 lessons for small and medium-sized enterprises from emerging markets. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120883

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DOI
10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120883
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Categories
entrepreneurship, innovation-networks, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation
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2026-04-28