OPEN INNOVATION IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES.TOWARD AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF COOPERATION

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Monika Zajkowska


Keywords : open innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), business model, model of cooperation
Abstract
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) around the world play a key role in shaping the economy. In the face of progressive changes in the environment, smaller companies face the challenge of continuous innovation in order to increase competitiveness. New conditions create the need for open innovation models, which through the exchange of intellectual capital between the company and its surroundings allow you to go beyond the traditional perception of the organization. More and more supporters among SMEs wins the concept of open innovation, which, with limited resources, smaller companies may be an effective way to increase innovation. The purpose of this article is to present the possibility of applying the concept of open innovation among SMEs. In considering an attempt to indicate the place of SMEs in the open model of cooperation and create a business model as a composition of open innovation inbound, outbound and coupled processes.

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Zajkowska, M. (2017). OPEN INNOVATION IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES.TOWARD AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF COOPERATION . The Scientific Journal European Policies, Finance and Marketing, (17(66), 200–212. https://doi.org/10.22630/PEFIM.2017.17.66.17
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