OPEN INNOVATION AND INSTITUTIONAL THEORY:
what does the literature have to tell us?
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https://doi.org/10.21171/ges.v18i52.3760Keywords:
Inovação Aberta, Teoria Institucional, Lógicas Institucionais, Mudança Institucional, Estudos OrganizacionaisAbstract
The advances in the Open Innovation (OI) approach culminated in dialogues with different aspects of Organizational Studies. At the same time, Institutional Theory has shown promise in understanding the changing contexts, logics and institutional mechanisms that integrate and challenge the performance of OI. From this perspective, this article sought to synthesize the studies that deal with OI contexts in the light of Institutional Theory, pointing out a research agenda. The methodology used is based on an integrative literature review according to the procedures of Torraco (2016) and Gegenfurther et al. (2009). As for the results, it is observed that the main institutional logics studied in OI are characterized by collaboration, administrative, social, scientific, business and copyright logics. The implementation of OI points to challenges, suggesting a better quality of openness where institutional mechanisms for managing relationships, innovation and knowledge can contribute to this process.
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