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SMEs’ Open Innovation: Applying a Barrier Approach

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  • Sandra Dubouloz

    (IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc)

  • Rachel Bocquet

    (IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc)

  • Catherine Equey Balzli

    (HEG - Haute Ecole de Gestion de Genève)

  • Elodie Gardet

    (IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc)

  • Romain Gandia

    (IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc)

Abstract

This article identifies barriers that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) encounter when they openly innovate, according to the open innovation (OI) mode used (inbound, outbound, coupled). A qualitative analysis—involving seven case studies of SMEs active in digital (high-tech) or social economy (low-tech) sectors—reveals that they face more internal than external OI barriers. Overall, the nature of the barriers does not vary across OI modes, but their intensity does. With regard to external barriers, the results reveal a "tribe syndrome," such that SMEs resist opening up to other firms that do not share the same values.

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  • Sandra Dubouloz & Rachel Bocquet & Catherine Equey Balzli & Elodie Gardet & Romain Gandia, 2021. "SMEs’ Open Innovation: Applying a Barrier Approach," Post-Print hal-03944937, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03944937
    DOI: 10.1177/00081256211052679
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    1. Sanja Puzović & Jasmina Vesić Vasović & Dragan D. Milanović & Vladan Paunović, 2023. "A Hybrid Fuzzy MCDM Approach to Open Innovation Partner Evaluation," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(14), pages 1-26, July.
    2. Justy, Théo & Pellegrin-Boucher, Estelle & Lescop, Denis & Granata, Julien & Gupta, Shivam, 2023. "On the edge of Big Data: Drivers and barriers to data analytics adoption in SMEs," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).

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    open innovation (OI); OI barriers; SMEs; digital economy; social economy; tribe syndrome;
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