Closing the Innovation Performance Gap: Open Innovation in Military Bureaucracies

An introduction to the article: "Closing the Innovation Performance Gap: Open Innovation in Military Bureaucracies" by Jasper Heeren, Vareska van de Vrande, Henk Volberda, and Erik de Waard
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California Management Review
Volume 66, Issue 3
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This article explores the effects of open innovation on innovation performance in military bureaucracies. While the understanding of how bureaucratic organizations can benefit from open innovation is still limited, this study discovered that open innovation can have a negative effect on innovation performance. However, leveraging an innovative culture can lead to improved innovation performance in organizations characterized by high levels of structure and hierarchy, especially those where secrecy and security are of vital importance.