The different roles of innovation intermediaries to generate value

S Noviaristanti, N Acur, K Mendibil - Management Review Quarterly, 2023 - Springer
The development of innovation management practices toward openness, societal grand
challenges and emerging technologies have changed the roles and supporting activities of …

Which factors hinder the adoption of open innovation in SMEs?

B Bigliardi, F Galati - Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The literature on open innovation (OI) is characterised by studies based both on large
companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Among all, one of the less …

Innovation search: the role of innovation intermediaries in the search process

J Howells, E Thomas - R&D Management, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this paper is to explore how innovation search is conceptualised, given that firms
increasingly use innovation intermediaries. The paper examines the search processes …

Exploring the barriers to SMEs' open innovation adoption in Ghana: A mixed research approach

S Oduro - International Journal of Innovation Science, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Open innovation (OI) is now recognized as one essential innovation paradigm to
help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) quell their liability of newness and smallness …

A novel two-stage method for matching the technology suppliers and demanders based on prospect theory and evidence theory under intuitionistic fuzzy environment

A Wu, H Li, M Dong - Applied Soft Computing, 2020 - Elsevier
Matching the technology suppliers and demanders in the market is essential because such
a matching facilitates the technology commercialization. Under the intuitionistic fuzzy …

Inventor–licensee matchmaking for university technology licensing: A fastText approach

G Lee, S Lee, C Lee - Technovation, 2023 - Elsevier
Although many previous studies have explored university technology licensing, few have
examined the value of quantitative data and scientific methods in improving operational …

From behind the scenes to the forefront: how do intermediaries lead the construction of international innovation ecosystems?

X Chen, Z He, T Jiang, G Xiang - Technology Analysis & Strategic …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
While previous literature on international innovation ecosystems (IIEs) construction focuses
on the leading role of high-tech corporations, the intermediaries which were thought of as …

Matching knowledge suppliers and demanders on a digital platform: A novel method

J Chang, H Li, B Sun - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
More knowledge service providers are using digital platforms to provide services, which
operate under a different set of operating rules than the traditional service model. This paper …

eLancing motivations

AM Abubakar, BHT Shneikat - Online Information Review, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose eLancing is a networked online platform used for distributive problem-solving,
economic production and service delivery. The platform includes websites/marketplaces …

The collaboration paradox: why small firms fail to collaborate for innovation

T Akinremi, S Roper - … : Leveraging Open Innovation Knowledge-Flows for …, 2021 - Springer
Firms can benefit from innovation-focused collaborations. However, while many firms are
already deriving benefits from innovation strategies based on collaboration, others …