In this paper, we use the term “co-opetition” to describe situations where competitors
collaborate on value-creating activities to reduce their R&D costs, improve expensive …

We investigate how two experiences of technology search and product component reuse
singly and jointly drive firms to generate subsequent new product innovations. We …

In a crowdsourcing contest, innovation is outsourced by a firm to an open crowd that
competes in generating innovative solutions. Given that the projects typically consist of …

Infrastructure development projects are overwhelmingly managed through engineering–
procurement–construction (EPC) contracts, which allow a project end user to shift all project …

We study an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) purchasing two inputs for assembly
from two suppliers with private cost information. The OEM can contract with the two suppliers …

Public, private, and not-for-profit organizations find advanced technology and product
development projects challenging to manage due to the time and budget pressures, and …

Innovation is one of the driving forces of economic development and social progress, and
the crowdsourcing contest is a well‐established mechanism for encouraging innovation …

Firms seeking solutions to their innovation problems have attempted to use the contest
format to source solutions from a broader network of solvers. However, sourcing quality …

Problem definition: Firms seek to use the contest format to source solutions from a broader
network of outside solvers. We study the application of the contest approach in multistage …

We consider a buyer firm that sources the design and production of an innovative product
from its suppliers. A supplier can improve its design with innovation effort and can potentially …