TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Through a comprehensive review of the literature on open innovation (OI), this study aimed to achieve two objectives: (1) to identify the main thematic areas discussed in the past and track their evolution over time; and (2) to provide recommendations for future research avenues.Design/methodology/approach To achieve the first objective, a method based on text mining was implemented, with the analysis focusing on 1,772 journal articles published between 2003 and 2018. For the second objective, a review based on recent and relevant papers was conducted for each thematic area.Findings The paper identified nine thematic areas explored in existing research: (1) context-dependency of OI, (2) collaborative frameworks, (3) organizational dimensions of OI, (4) performance and OI, (5) external search for OI, (6) OI in small and medium-sized enterprises, (7) OI in the pharmaceutical industry, (8) OI and intellectual property rights, and (9) technology. The analysis of the most recent papers belonging to the more investigated areas offers suitable suggestions for future research avenues.Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no review has yet been undertaken to reorganize the OI literature.
VL  - 24
IS  - 4
SN  - 1460-1060
DO  - 10.1108/EJIM-10-2019-0296
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-10-2019-0296
AU  - Bigliardi Barbara
AU  - Ferraro Giovanna
AU  - Filippelli Serena
AU  - Galati Francesco
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - The past, present and future of open innovation
T2  - European Journal of Innovation Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1130
EP  - 1161
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -