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What facilitates external knowledge utilisation in SMEs? – An optimal configuration between openness intensity and organisational moderators

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  • Nan Kyung Kim
  • Joon Mo Ahn

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This study explores the complex relationships between open innovation (OI) climate and OI activities by investigating the changing moderating effects of organisational facilitators in small innovative firms. Our partial least squares structural equation modelling analysis suggests (1) OI-friendly climate promotes OI activities, (2) this process is further facilitated by various organisational efforts, but (3) the efforts firms must put in are proportional to the level of openness intensity. The findings also suggest that systematic knowledge management is the most basic facilitator, while entrepreneurial orientation is generally underperformed despite its high importance. This study provides implications for managers and policymakers who lead OI adoption and implementation.Abbreviation: SMEs - Small and Medium-sized Enterprises; PLS-SEM - Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modeling

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  • Nan Kyung Kim & Joon Mo Ahn, 2020. "What facilitates external knowledge utilisation in SMEs? – An optimal configuration between openness intensity and organisational moderators," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(3), pages 210-234, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:indinn:v:27:y:2020:i:3:p:210-234
    DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2019.1632694
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    1. Nada Rabie & Ayman Moustafa & Fatima Al Ghaithi, 2024. "Organizational Practices’ Role in Managing Open Innovation and Business Performance," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-34, April.
    2. Susanne Durst & Samuel Foli & Ingi Runar Edvardsson, 2024. "A systematic literature review on knowledge management in SMEs: current trends and future directions," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 74(1), pages 263-288, February.
    3. Omar Carrasco-Carvajal & Mauricio Castillo-Vergara & Domingo García-Pérez-de-Lema, 2023. "Measuring open innovation in SMEs: an overview of current research," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 397-442, February.
    4. Chapman, Gary & Hottenrott, Hanna, 2023. "Founder personality and start-up subsidies," ZEW Discussion Papers 23-008, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    5. Ismail, Muhammad & Bello-Pintado, Alejandro & García-Marco, Teresa & Lazzarotti, Valentina, 2023. "Enhancing open innovation: Managing not invented here syndrome in collaborative projects," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    6. Marullo, Cristina & Ahn, Joon Mo & Martelli, Irene & Di Minin, Alberto, 2022. "Open for innovation: An improved measurement approach using item response theory," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).

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