20.500.12556/RUL-146776 The paradox of open innovation in Slovenian firms Innovation and open innovation are expected to strengthen firm performance. The learning process and inbound activities are particularly important for catch-up countries and firms. The empirical evidence, though, is incomplete and provides inconclusive results. This paper studies the role of open innovation activities in a sample of Slovenian firms. Using a combination of survey data and official registry financial statements data, we investigate the differences in the role of open innovation across firms with different productivity. The results show that open innovation is more important in less productive firms. This is consistent with the theoretical ideas that stress the role of learning, capacity building and knowledge transfer. However, these firms also invest less in open innovation activities, which is a paradox in itself, introducing an important challenge for managers as well as questions for future research. true false true Angleški jezik Angleški jezik Članek v reviji 2023-06-13 15:32:02 2023-06-13 15:43:46 2023-06-14 03:35:39 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Str. 292-309 iss. 3 Vol. 38 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 658 0810-9028 10.13169/prometheus.38.3.0292 135352067 The_paradox_of_open_innovation_in_Slovenian_firms.pdf The_paradox_of_open_innovation_in_Slovenian_firms.pdf 1 E49EAF67DB1C922424ED0ED349C0BF0D 75bbe448f18facbe952a71e230bc29755926723cf20c54f3714ad48436be3c99 0cca9fe2-09ef-11ee-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=170070 https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/prometheus.38.3.0292 0 143837ae-09ef-11ee-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=170071 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0