A Comprehensive Framework for Open Innovation Adoption at firm level (Case: A Firm in Food Packaging and Printing Industry)

Abstract

Following Chesbrough's statements of open innovation as a spectrum rather than a dichotomy, many studies have been conducted to reflect the dynamics in its implementation in the form of typologies, modes, themes, and mechanisms. In fact, these studies, with consideration of only certain aspects of the innovation process, have tried to develop a method for classifying and providing a model for adoption of open innovation. This paper also attempts to focus on the study of extant literature of implementation of open innovation and, after describing the shortcomings and gaps, present a comprehensive framework for aggregating these studies on considerations of open innovation as a model. Finally, by providing a systematic approach, the open innovation model has been implemented. Research approach is combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods and was applied at the level of the firm and a company active in the printing industry for the packaging of food products. Consequently, the open innovation model was determined in the study company. This model is the result of a chain of decisions in relation to each component of OI model within the phases of the innovation process. The decision chains include: selecting the “pre-print” domain as content of the model, choosing the direction of “market driven –invitational” for actors, and choosing mechanisms for increasing “absorption capacity”, “transformative and connective capacity”, and “desorptive capacity”.

Keywords

• open innovation knowledge capacity inoovation process food packaging and printing