Title: Outbound open innovation in China and Russia: innovation system approach

Authors: Irina Savitskaya; Pekka Salmi; Marko Torkkeli

Addresses: School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology Prikaatintie 9, FIN-45100, Kouvola, Finland ' School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology Prikaatintie 9, FIN-45100, Kouvola, Finland ' School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology Prikaatintie 9, FIN-45100, Kouvola, Finland

Abstract: Barriers to open innovation (OI) result from both internal and external factors. One of the most important external/environmental factors affecting knowledge flows between organisations, and hence the utilisation of OI, is the national innovation system (NIS) and its institutions. This study aims at clarifying the influence of economic systems and institutions on OI practices by examining barriers to OI in China and Russia. The study distinguishes the main factors within a national system of innovation influencing the OI practices of companies, as well as the barriers arising from them.

Keywords: outbound open innovation; national innovation system; NIS; institutions; barriers; China; Russia; knowledge flows.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2014.059533

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2014 Vol.8 No.2, pp.190 - 209

Published online: 30 May 2014 *

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