Open AccessTowards a theory regarding open innovation and entrepreneurship: a meta-synthesis from qualitative studies in small and medium enterprises and start-ups
Author(s) -
Eduardo Gomes Carvalho,
Joel Yutaka Sugano
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sistemas and gestão
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1980-5160
DOI - 10.20985/1980-5160.2017.v1n1.931
Subject(s) - open innovation , entrepreneurship , entrepreneurial orientation , business , section (typography) , small and medium sized enterprises , start up , knowledge management , marketing , industrial organization , business administration , computer science , advertising , finance
Open innovation is still after a decade an emergent topic in literature and, because of this, there are few gaps to be explored. Two of these gaps are the relationship between open innovation and entrepreneurship and open innovation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs), because most studies focus on large enterprises. Our research question in this study is: what do case studies report in terms of open innovation in start-ups or SMEs that would be related to entrepreneurial orientation? Our study is a meta-synthesis of qualitative case studies following the stages presented by Hoon (2013). A theory was developed and presented considering the entrepreneurial orientation dimensions and open innovation activities. In the concluding section, limitations and suggestions in terms of future works were presented.