Purpose – Despite the abundance of research in Open Innovation, few contributions explore it at inter-organisational level,and particularly with a focus on healthcare ecosystem,characterized by a dense network of relationships among public and private organizations (hospitals, companies and universities) as well as other actors that can be labelled as “untraditional” player, i.e. doctors, nurses and patients. This paper aims to cover this gap and explores how knowledge is transferred and flows among all the healthcare ecosystems’ players in orderto support open innovation processes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is conceptual in nature and adopts asystematic literature review approach. In particular, insights gathered from Open Innovation literature at theinter–organizational network level, with a particular attention to healthcare ecosystems, and from the knowledge transfer processes, are analyzed in order to propose an interpretative framework for the understanding of knowledge transfer in open innovation with a focus on healthcare ecosystem. Findings – The paperproposes an original interpretative framework for knowledge transfer to support open innovation in healthcare ecosystems, composed of four main components: 1) Healthcare ecosystem’s players’ categories, 2) Knowledge flows among different categories of players along the exploration and exploitation stages of innovation development; 3) Players’ motivations for open innovation; 4) Players’ positions in the innovation process.In addition, assuming the intermediary network as the suitable organizational model for healthcare ecosystem, four classification scenarios are identified on the basis of the main players’ influence degreeandmotivations for open innovation. Originality/value – The paper introduces a novel framework that fills a gap in the innovation management literature, by pointing out the key role of external not R&D players, like patients, involved in knowledge transfer for open innovation processes inhealthcare ecosystems. Practical implications –The paper offers interpretative lenses for managers and policy makers in understanding the most suitable organizationalmodelsable to encourage open innovation in healthcare ecosystems, taking into consideration the players’ motivation and the knowledge transfer processes on the basis of theinnovation results.
Knowledge Transfer in Open Innovation: a classification framework for Healthcare Ecosystems
SCHIUMA G.;
2018-01-01
Abstract
Purpose – Despite the abundance of research in Open Innovation, few contributions explore it at inter-organisational level,and particularly with a focus on healthcare ecosystem,characterized by a dense network of relationships among public and private organizations (hospitals, companies and universities) as well as other actors that can be labelled as “untraditional” player, i.e. doctors, nurses and patients. This paper aims to cover this gap and explores how knowledge is transferred and flows among all the healthcare ecosystems’ players in orderto support open innovation processes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is conceptual in nature and adopts asystematic literature review approach. In particular, insights gathered from Open Innovation literature at theinter–organizational network level, with a particular attention to healthcare ecosystems, and from the knowledge transfer processes, are analyzed in order to propose an interpretative framework for the understanding of knowledge transfer in open innovation with a focus on healthcare ecosystem. Findings – The paperproposes an original interpretative framework for knowledge transfer to support open innovation in healthcare ecosystems, composed of four main components: 1) Healthcare ecosystem’s players’ categories, 2) Knowledge flows among different categories of players along the exploration and exploitation stages of innovation development; 3) Players’ motivations for open innovation; 4) Players’ positions in the innovation process.In addition, assuming the intermediary network as the suitable organizational model for healthcare ecosystem, four classification scenarios are identified on the basis of the main players’ influence degreeandmotivations for open innovation. Originality/value – The paper introduces a novel framework that fills a gap in the innovation management literature, by pointing out the key role of external not R&D players, like patients, involved in knowledge transfer for open innovation processes inhealthcare ecosystems. Practical implications –The paper offers interpretative lenses for managers and policy makers in understanding the most suitable organizationalmodelsable to encourage open innovation in healthcare ecosystems, taking into consideration the players’ motivation and the knowledge transfer processes on the basis of theinnovation results.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
