Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 1st ed. 2019
Impetus of Growth and Competitive Advantages

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This book combines theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence on open innovation and entrepreneurship as two essential ways to help entrepreneurial businesses grow and achieve a competitive advantage. Discussing essential issues at the nexus of entrepreneurship and open innovation, such as enterprise growth, creating competitive advantage, implementation of open innovation, and the overall corporate strategy, the respective contributions demonstrate how open innovation can provide a vital impetus to the growth of entrepreneurial businesses and pave a new way to achieving a competitive edge.


Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship: An Overview.- How the Diversity of Cooperation Partners Affects Start-ups’ Innovation Performance: An Analysis of the Role of Cooperation Breadth in Open Innovation.- Open Innovation Models for Increased Innovation Activities and Enterprise Growth.- Investigating the Effect of Inbound and Outbound Open Innovation on Discovery and Exploiting of Entrepreneurial Opportunities.- The Role of Industry and Economic Context in Open Innovation.- Open Innovation: Challenges of Integrating New Forms of Innovation in SMEs.- Open Innovation in a Start-up Firm.

Gadaf Rexhepi is an Associate Professor at South East European University, Republic of North Macedonia, where he teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in the field of Management. His research interests include innovation, strategy, entrepreneurship, CSR and sustainability. He has authored or co-authored over fifty research articles in various peer-reviewed journals, as well as ten textbooks. He serves as consultant of the rector for promotion and development of the university.

Robert D. Hisrich is the Bridgestone Chair of International Marketing and Associate Dean of Graduate and International Programs at the College of Business Administration, Kent State University. Prof. Hisrich’s research pursuits are focused on entrepreneurship and venture creation: entrepreneurial ethics, corporate entrepreneurship, female and minority entrepreneurs, venture financing, and global venture creation. He teaches courses and seminars in these areas, as well as in marketing management, and product planning and development. Prof. Hisrich serves on the editorial boards of several prominent journals in entrepreneurial scholarship, is on several boards of directors, and is the author or co-author of over 300 research articles published in journals such as the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Professor Hisrich has also authored or co-authored more than 40 books.

Veland Ramadani is an Associate Professor at South East European University, Republic of North Macedonia. His research interests include entrepreneurship, small business management, family businesses and venture capital investments. He has authored or co-authored more than one hundred research articles and twenty-four books, including Effective EntrepreneurialManagement (2018); Entrepreneurship andMana

Combines essential research on open innovation and entrepreneurship Features the latest research on achieving organizational growth through open innovation Considers the challenges involved in creating open innovation strategies, especially for startups