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A Systematic Literature Review of Open Innovation and R&D Managers

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There has been a limited research focus on the role of individual actors and human side of open innovation (OI) within the literature. The purpose of this chapter is to address this imbalance. Using a systematic literature review, we thematically review and analyse the R&D leader role within an OI R&D environment. We identified three main themes, OI implementation, fear and firm performance, and using these themes an organising framework we outline future avenues of research. We also argue that there is a need to undertake further research on the role of R&D leader within an OI R&D environment to adequately equip and support them in the day-to-day management of OI.

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The authors wish to thank the editors and three anonymous reviewers for this constructive feedback that has shaped this chapter. This study has benefited from financing from Research Project ECO2014-56580-R of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. The authors appear in alphabetical order and have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

    James A. Cunningham

  2. Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain

    María José Foncubierta-Rodríguez, Fernando Martín-Alcázar & José Luis Perea-Vicente

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Cunningham, J.A., Foncubierta-Rodríguez, M.J., Martín-Alcázar, F., Perea-Vicente, J.L. (2021). A Systematic Literature Review of Open Innovation and R&D Managers. In: Fernandes, G., Dooley, L., O’Sullivan, D., Rolstadås, A. (eds) Managing Collaborative R&D Projects. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61605-2_2

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