Externalities of openness in innovation
Summary. Open innovation practices generate positive externalities that benefit firms beyond their direct participants, improving knowledge diffusion and innovation performance across industries. Using Irish manufacturing data from 1994–2008, the authors find that these externalities significantly boost firms' innovation outputs through increased knowledge spread and competition, not through adoption of open practices alone. The gap between private and social returns to openness suggests firms adopt it suboptimally, justifying public policies that encourage open innovation.
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Roper, S., Vahter, P., & Love, J. H.. (2013). Externalities of openness in innovation. Research Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.006
Roper, Stephen, et al. “Externalities of openness in innovation.” Research Policy, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.006.
Roper, Stephen, Priit Vahter, and James H. Love. 2013. “Externalities of openness in innovation.” Research Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.006.
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title = {Externalities of openness in innovation},
author = {Stephen Roper and Priit Vahter and James H. Love},
journal = {Research Policy},
year = {2013},
doi = {10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.006},
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- 10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.006
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- Ireland
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- Europe
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- innovation-theory, policy, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28