PhD. Students | Exnovate

First Name
Yuandi
Last Name
Wang
Affiliation
Hasselt University
(Preliminary) PhD Title
Developing a NSI framework for open innovation
PhD abstract
Extant literature on open innovation dominantly focused at the firm level. This thesis intends to broaden the current analytical domain through linking the open innovation to the national system of innovation, thereby develop a NSI framework for open innovation practices. The research question is how open innovation can be linked to national system of innovation, and how open innovation react with national system of innovation?

In the theoretical part, this thesis aims to fill the gap of open innovation and NIS in the literature by combing the function portfolio of NSI with the innovation coordination so as to build up the dynamic mechanism between open innovation and NIS.

In the empirical part, this thesis is to analyze how global R&D influences the MNEs innovative capabilities, and how local R&D sites influence the MNEs internalization of their R&D.

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Exnovate connects researchers who have top expertise in different subjects related to crowd-sourcing, open innovation, collaboration between innovation partners, and innovation networks. Exnovate offers them a platform to set up research projects that may fit in international research programs financed by the European Community or other international organizations. In addition, companies and governments can look for expertise among these academics to execute specific types of research projects about open innovation.

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