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Do Open Innovation And Dominant Design Foster Digital Innovation?

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  • PETRA A. NYLUND

    (Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 19, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • ALEXANDER BREM

    (Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 19, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany†The Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Alsion 2, 6400 Sønderborg, Denmark)

Abstract

The emergence of digital innovation in academia and practice has been established, and it is time to consider when and how it affects innovation performance. Before this background, we examine how innovation practices such as open innovation and dominant design impact innovation performance, particularly in the case of digital innovation. We develop a theoretical framework that is tested on a long panel of patent data for 788 technologies over 32 years. Open innovation has no impact on the innovative performance of technologies in general, but for digital innovation, we find a positive effect. In addition, dominant design has a stronger impact on the innovative performance for digital innovations than for other innovations. We conclude that the management of digital innovation is different from that of other innovations since both open innovation and dominant design are more important for innovative performance. Indeed, some of the benefits of openness may only apply to digital innovation.

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  • Petra A. Nylund & Alexander Brem, 2021. "Do Open Innovation And Dominant Design Foster Digital Innovation?," 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:s1363919621500985
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919621500985
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