Enabling Open Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises: A Dynamic Capabilities Approach
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This paper aims at exploring the critical dynamic capabilities of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the innovation process and at identifying the dynamic capabilities that enable the implementation of open innovation practices. Building on qualitative data from the manufacturing industry deriving from an in‐depth investigation of the capabilities of four innovative case firms, the patterns between the firm's portfolio of dynamic capabilities and the different types of open innovation processes are mapped. This study makes three primary contributions to the body of knowledge. This is the first attempt to link dynamic capabilities to an open innovation approach undertaken by SMEs. Second, the study extends existing work on innovation in SMEs by identifying key dynamic capabilities in this context. Finally, the case‐based research provides empirical evidence of dynamic capabilities in practices, where analysis reveals that companies with strong sensing, seizing and reconfiguring capabilities are more inclined to develop open innovation approaches. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Authors
- Grimaldi, M., Quinto, I., & Rippa, P.
- Affiliations
- Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale (IT)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Rippa, Pierluigi
- Venue
- Knowledge and Process Management
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-10
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 199-210
- ISSN
- 1092-4604 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1441
- OpenAlex
- W1806841635
- Cited by
- 128
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 5 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 24.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Knowledge and Process Management (publishedVersion)
- Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università degli Studi di Cassino (submittedVersion)
- CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (Parthenope University of Naples) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategy and Innovation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Service and Product Innovation
- Keywords
- open innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises, dynamic capabilities, sensing capabilities, seizing capabilities, reconfiguring capabilities, manufacturing industry, innovation process, organizational capabilities
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