کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8942450 1645081 2018 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Free in, free out? Outbound transfer of user innovations in small UK firms
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
رایگان در خارج از انتقال خروجی نوآوری های کاربر در شرکت های کوچک انگلستان
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی مدیریت، کسب و کار و حسابداری بازاریابی و مدیریت بازار
چکیده انگلیسی
Small firms develop user innovations, with some going on to become viable new industrial products - the challenge to industrial suppliers being to identify and absorb such innovations from their existing or potential customer base. In this paper we: i) analyse which small firms more likely develop user innovations; ii) investigate how the outbound knowledge transfer of user innovations is related to inbound knowledge sourcing and acquisition; and iii) explore why small firms may reveal user innovations. Drawing on a survey of 1004 small firms in the United Kingdom, of which 23 revealed their user innovations, the research confirms that the incidence of this phenomenon is related to firm size and general innovation activity. However, in direct contrast to innovating consumers or open-source contributors, the revealing of locally-created innovations was shown to be selective and motivated by optional future benefits. Further, it emerged that small firms barely freely reveal at all, suggesting that further research of this phenomena in the context of small firms is required. These in-depth insights into small firm revealing behaviour are of great value to industrial suppliers who wish to draw on innovations that emerge within their existing or potential customer base.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Industrial Marketing Management - Volume 73, August 2018, Pages 21-30
نویسندگان
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