TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing unsolicited ideas for R&D
AU - Alexy, Oliver
AU - Criscuolo, Paolo
AU - Salter, Ammon
PY - 2012/3/1
Y1 - 2012/3/1
N2 - Existing academic and popular literature suggests that unsolicited ideas, the non-contractual and voluntary submission of innovation-related information from external sources to the firm, offer the promise of a bountiful and low-cost tool to sustain and extend firms' R&D efforts. Yet, in practice, many organizations find it difficult to deal with unsolicited ideas because of high quantity, low quality, and the need to transfer IP ownership. This article identifes a range of practices that allow organizations to meet these challenges and therefore realize some of the potential of unsolicited ideas for R&D.
AB - Existing academic and popular literature suggests that unsolicited ideas, the non-contractual and voluntary submission of innovation-related information from external sources to the firm, offer the promise of a bountiful and low-cost tool to sustain and extend firms' R&D efforts. Yet, in practice, many organizations find it difficult to deal with unsolicited ideas because of high quantity, low quality, and the need to transfer IP ownership. This article identifes a range of practices that allow organizations to meet these challenges and therefore realize some of the potential of unsolicited ideas for R&D.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863428815&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2012.54.3.116
U2 - 10.1525/cmr.2012.54.3.116
DO - 10.1525/cmr.2012.54.3.116
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863428815
SN - 0008-1256
VL - 54
SP - 116
EP - 139
JO - California Management Review
JF - California Management Review
IS - 3
ER -