Open innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises: An overview

Pooran Wynarczyk, Panagiotis Piperopoulos, Maura McAdam · 2013 · International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship

Summary. Open innovation—combining external and internal ideas to advance technology—has become central to firm strategy since 2000. However, research focuses heavily on large multinational corporations. This special issue addresses the gap by examining how small and medium-sized enterprises adopt open innovation practices, exploring collaboration with external knowledge sources and pathways to commercialization in smaller firms.

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  author  = {Pooran Wynarczyk and Panagiotis Piperopoulos and Maura McAdam},
  journal = {International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship},
  year    = {2013},
  doi     = {10.1177/0266242612472214},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242612472214}
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DOI

10.1177/0266242612472214

Countries

United Kingdom

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, entrepreneurship, general-innovation

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2026-04-28