Prioritizing the influencing and influenced factors of open innovation by House of Quality The case of Selected universities of Isfahan province
Subject Areas :Homayoun Ghaedi 1 , زهرا vahidi 2
1 - Ph.D. Industrial Management,َ Adit Court Expert of Isfahan، Isfahan, Iran
2 - PhD in curriculum planning, Teacher at Farhangian University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Keywords: Open Innovation, Influencing factors, Influenced factors, House of Quality (HoQ),
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to show how one of the advanced quality management techniques can be applied for prioritizing the open innovation influencing and influenced factors in higher education institutions.Design/methodology/approach - House of quality (HoQ) has been applied for prioritizing open innovation influencing factors based on open innovation influence factors. Selected universities of Isfahan province have been considered for the study. The statistical population of this study included managers who had expertise in the field of management and innovation, and executive managers of universities with at least 10 years of experience. The priorities of influencing factors included communications and interactions (developing university-industry relations), external organizational factors (competitive position and place of the organization), and process orientation (innovation process management).Research limitations/implications.Research limitations/implications - For more success in the universities and community and in order to institutionalize open innovation for employees through the acquired knowledge, it is better that the weaknesses and strengths and the position and place of each university is investigated and the gap between resources required and internal skills to establish a joint development relationship is identified. Originality/value – The applicability of quality management tools and techniques to innovation and particularly open innovation has been rarely tried. In that respect this topic is new. The HoQ based results are helpful in better decision making on the roadmap towards implementing open innovation in higher education institutions. Findings provide a roadmap to managers to implement open innovation based on the priorities of influencing factors aligned with influenced factors.
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