A Review on Open Innovation and Absorptive Capacity in Small and Medium Enterprises during the last decade - Analyzing Bibliometrics to Understand the Development of the Field

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Title
A Review on Open Innovation and Absorptive Capacity in Small and Medium Enterprises during the last decade - Analyzing Bibliometrics to Understand the Development of the Field
Abstract
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can benefit significantly from open innovation by gaining access to a broader range of resources and expertise using absorptive capacitive, and increasing their visibility and reputation. Nevertheless, multiple barriers impact their capacity to absorb new technologies or adapt to develop them. This paper aims to perform an analysis of relevant topics and trends in Open Innovation (OI) and Absorptive Capacity (AC) in SMEs based on a bibliometric review identifying relevant authors and countries, and highlighting significant research themes and trends. The defined string query is submitted to the Web of Science database, and the bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer software. The results indicate that the number of scientific publications has consistently increased during the past decade, indicating a growing interest of the scientific community, reflecting the industry interest and possibly adoption of OI, considering Absorptive. This bibliometric analysis can provide insights on the most relevant regions the research areas are under intensive development.
Date
December 15, 2023
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 2023 14th International Conference on E-business, Management and Economics
Place
New York, NY, USA
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Pages
417–422
Series
ICEME '23
ISBN
9798400708022
Accessed
2024-01-01
Library Catalog
ACM Digital Library
Citation
Ip, C. H., Lobo Marques, J. A., Dos Santos Silva, B. R., Cortez, P. C., & Barbosa, A. (2023). A Review on Open Innovation and Absorptive Capacity in Small and Medium Enterprises during the last decade - Analyzing Bibliometrics to Understand the Development of the Field. Proceedings of the 2023 14th International Conference on E-Business, Management and Economics, 417–422. https://doi.org/10.1145/3616712.3616786