TY - JOUR
T1 - Open Innovation for Wicked Problems
T2 - Using Proximity to Overcome Barriers
AU - Ooms, W.M.
AU - Piepenbrink, R. (Roel)
PY - 2020/11/9
Y1 - 2020/11/9
N2 - Open innovation is a viable strategy to solve wicked problems. However, the complexity of these types of problems renders the management of open innovation initiatives (even) more difficult. How can managers make open innovation for complex or even wicked problems work? This article examines case studies of open innovation initiatives adopting a health care service innovation. It uses the proximity framework to identify several ways in which open innovation barriers can be overcome despite their complexity. The case study findings show how partners leverage their differences to the benefit of service innovation in the face of wicked problems.
AB - Open innovation is a viable strategy to solve wicked problems. However, the complexity of these types of problems renders the management of open innovation initiatives (even) more difficult. How can managers make open innovation for complex or even wicked problems work? This article examines case studies of open innovation initiatives adopting a health care service innovation. It uses the proximity framework to identify several ways in which open innovation barriers can be overcome despite their complexity. The case study findings show how partners leverage their differences to the benefit of service innovation in the face of wicked problems.
U2 - 10.1177/0008125620968636
DO - 10.1177/0008125620968636
M3 - Article
JO - California Management Review
JF - California Management Review
SN - 0008-1256
ER -