Conceptual model for open innovation towards knowledge sharing in Indonesian SME
Technological enhancement requires every enterprise within a big scale as well as the medium and small one, to act on developmental initiatives through innovation. This very idea urges business executors to conduct an innovation, mainly for the medium scale to be able to compete with the big one. In dealing with obstacles, the owner of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) must be able to innovate in order to elevate competitiveness. The innovation process being done evidently cannot be separated from human resource within the organization. The innovation process within an organization will require new knowledge, therefore knowledge sharing between individuals inside the organization and between involving stakeholders will be needed. Knowledge sharing is vital as one of the main components in open innovation process. This notion shows that knowledge sharing needs to be well managed so that SME can perform open innovation process optimally. Current business competition demands SME to perform an innovation which involves all existing stakeholders in order to increase its potential from the aspect of economy, social, as well as culture. The output of this research is a model construction in which two endogenous constructs i.e. knowledge sharing and open innovation are synthesized. The exogenous constructs for knowledge sharing include communication and interaction, learning, culture of the environment, relationship, motivation, nature of knowledge, and opportunity of share. While for open innovation, the exogenous constructs consist of organization system, market demand/need, networking, stakeholders, innovation capability, type of technology, and human resource readiness.
2016 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT)