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Designing Lightweight Open Innovation: A Conceptualisation Of How Large Firms Engage With Small Entrepreneurial Firms

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  • BJÖRN REMNELAND WIKHAMN

    (School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, PO Box 610, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden)

Abstract

There is increasing scholarly interest in how large corporations engage in open innovation with small entrepreneurial firms, with synergies potentially producing positive outcomes for both the involved parties and the surrounding ecosystem. “Lightweight models†of open innovation (LOIs) have recently been introduced, governed by trust and relationships rather than by equity ownership and transactional control. This paper introduces a design framework and an alignment model for LOIs, based on 19 inductively generated and highly interrelated design elements associated with five design themes. The study uses empirical data from 18 LOI initiatives in Sweden, and the framework explains important differences in their motives, value propositions, innovation localizations, involved participants, and forms of interactions. Applying a value perspective to open innovation highlights two different value logics, suggesting that LOI initiatives can approach value by emphasizing either value creation or value capture. These logics may greatly influence other important design elements of LOIs.

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  • Bjã–Rn Remneland Wikhamn, 2021. "Designing Lightweight Open Innovation: A Conceptualisation Of How Large Firms Engage With Small Entrepreneurial Firms," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 25(09), pages 1-23, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:25:y:2021:i:09:n:s1363919621501036
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919621501036
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