Examining Open Innovation in Science (OIS):: What Open Innovation can and cannot offer the science of science

Susanne Beck; Marcel  LaFlamme; Carsten Bergenholtz; Marcel Bogers; Tiare-Maria Brasseur; Marie Louise Conradsen; Kevin Crowston; Diletta  Di Marco; Agnes Effert; Despoina Filiou; Lars Frederiksen; Thomas  Gillier; Marc Gruber; Carolin Haeussler; Karin Hoisl; Olga Kokshagina; Maria-Theresa Norn; Marion Pötz; Gernot Pruschak; Laia Pujol Priego; Agnieszka Radziwon; Alexander Ruser; Henry  Sauermann; Sonali  Shah; Julia Suess-Reyes; Christopher L. Tucci; Philipp Tuertscher; Jane Bjørn Vedel; Roberto Verganti; Jonathan Wareham; Sunny  Mosangzi Xu

doi:10.1080/14479338.2021.1999248

Examining Open Innovation in Science (OIS): What Open Innovation can and cannot offer the science of science

Susanne Beck^*, Marcel LaFlamme, Carsten Bergenholtz, Marcel Bogers, Tiare-Maria Brasseur, Marie Louise Conradsen, Kevin Crowston, Diletta Di Marco , Agnes Effert, Despoina Filiou, Lars Frederiksen, Thomas Gillier, Marc Gruber, Carolin Haeussler, Karin Hoisl, Olga Kokshagina, Maria-Theresa Norn, Marion Pötz, Gernot Pruschak, Laia Pujol PriegoAgnieszka Radziwon, Alexander Ruser, Henry Sauermann, Sonali Shah , Julia Suess-Reyes, Christopher L. Tucci, Philipp Tuertscher, Jane Bjørn Vedel, Roberto Verganti, Jonathan Wareham, Sunny Mosangzi Xu

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Abstract

Scholars across disciplines increasingly hear calls for more open and
collaborative approaches to scientific research. The concept of Open
Innovation in Science (OIS) provides a framework that integrates
dispersed research efforts aiming to understand the antecedents,
contingencies, and consequences of applying open and collaborative
research practices. While the OIS framework has already been taken up
by science of science scholars, its conceptual underpinnings require
further specification. In this essay, we critically examine the OIS concept
and bring to light two key aspects: 1) how OIS builds upon Open
Innovation (OI) research by adopting its attention to boundary-crossing
knowledge flows and by adapting other concepts developed and
researched in OI to the science context as exemplified by two OIS cases
in the area of research funding; 2) how OIS conceptualises knowledge
flows across boundaries. While OI typically focuses on well-defined
organizational boundaries, we argue that blurry and even invisible
boundaries between communities of practice may more strongly
constrain flows of knowledge related to openness and collaboration in
science. Given the uptake of this concept, this essay brings needed
clarity to the meaning of OIS, which has no particular normative
orientation toward a close coupling between science and industry. We
end by outlining the essay’s contributions to OI and the science of
science, as well as to science practitioners.

Original language	English
Journal	Innovation: Organization and Management
Volume	25
Issue	3
Pages (from-to)	221-235
Number of pages	15
ISSN	1447-9338
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14479338.2021.1999248
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

Open Innovation
Open Innovation in Science
boundaries
boundary crossing
knowledge flows
open science
science of science
scientific research

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Beck, S., LaFlamme, M., Bergenholtz, C., Bogers, M., Brasseur, T.-M., Conradsen, M. L., Crowston, K., Di Marco , D., Effert, A., Filiou, D., Frederiksen, L., Gillier, T., Gruber, M., Haeussler, C., Hoisl, K., Kokshagina, O., Norn, M.-T., Pötz, M., Pruschak, G., ... Mosangzi Xu, S. (2023). Examining Open Innovation in Science (OIS): What Open Innovation can and cannot offer the science of science. Innovation: Organization and Management, 25(3), 221-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/14479338.2021.1999248

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Examining Open Innovation in Science (OIS): What Open Innovation can and cannot offer the science of science. / Beck, Susanne; LaFlamme, Marcel; Bergenholtz, Carsten et al.
In: Innovation: Organization and Management, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2023, p. 221-235.

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