Managing Open Innovation: Exploring Challenges at the Interfaces of an Open Innovation Arena

Susanne Ollila, Maria Elmquist · 2011 · Creativity and Innovation Management

Summary. Open innovation arenas—organizations that facilitate collaboration while competing as key players themselves—face distinct management challenges. A Swedish traffic safety research unit with 22 partners experienced three types of challenges: managing relationships with partner organizations, coordinating collaboration between partners, and maintaining the arena's own operations. These challenges differ from those faced by firms simply collaborating with external actors.

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  journal = {Creativity and Innovation Management},
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DOI

10.1111/j.1467-8691.2011.00616.x

Countries

Sweden

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation

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2026-04-28