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Comparing Open Innovation of Innovative Food SMEs with SMEs in the Seed and High-Tech Industries — An Analysis of 15 SMEs in the Netherlands

In: Open Innovation and Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises

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  • Onno Omta
  • Frances Fortuin
  • Niels Dijkman

Abstract

Various studies have shown that open innovation (OI) has become a basic requirement for the long-term survival of high-tech companies. However, also in an artisanal sector like the food industry OI has become increasingly important. To discover the extent to which innovative food and seed improvement SMEs can learn from high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in 2011 the authors conducted a comparative study of OI. The overall conclusion was that the degree to which food SMEs are able to collaborate with other SMEs, knowledge institutions and government agencies have become key for success in innovation, also in the food sector. Valuable learning points for food SMEs included, increasing the number of go/no-go moments; using clear performance indicators during the whole OI process; providing remuneration for innovation performance; and capturing the lessons learned after the OI process. Considering the risk of opportunistic behavior, innovative food SMEs should take the protection of intellectual property (IP) more seriously in the future, as is already the case in the seed improvement sector.

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  • Onno Omta & Frances Fortuin & Niels Dijkman, 2018. "Comparing Open Innovation of Innovative Food SMEs with SMEs in the Seed and High-Tech Industries — An Analysis of 15 SMEs in the Netherlands," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Susanne Durst & Serdal Temel & Helio Aisenberg Ferenhof (ed.), Open Innovation and Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises, chapter 8, pages 141-162, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789813233591_0008
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    Keywords

    Open Innovation; Knowledge Management; Innovation Management; Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises; SMEs; Small Firms;
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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