Implications of Open Innovation for Organizational Boundaries and the Governance of Contractual Relations

Ann‐Kristin Zobel, John Hagedoorn · 2018 · Academy of Management Perspectives

Summary. This paper examines how firms balance openness with control in collaborative innovation. It argues that value creation requires managing multiple organizational boundaries—competence, power, identity, and efficiency—while value capture depends on relational contract design rather than formal appropriation alone. The authors propose that firms use dynamic capabilities to strategically configure boundaries and contractual mechanisms to enable knowledge exchange while preventing unintended leakage.

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  title   = {Implications of Open Innovation for Organizational Boundaries and the Governance of Contractual Relations},
  author  = {Ann‐Kristin Zobel and John Hagedoorn},
  journal = {Academy of Management Perspectives},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.5465/amp.2016.0175},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2016.0175}
}

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DOI

10.5465/amp.2016.0175

Countries

Switzerland, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28