Buyer behavior · PLS path modeling

IT impact on open innovation performance: Insights from a large-scale empirical investigation

Decision Support Systems · 2023

Ana Castillo, Laura Ruiz, Jose Benitez, Florian Schuberth, Rafael Reina

Summary

IT resource investment enabled open-innovation initiatives, which improved open product and process innovation performance.

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Possible founder application

Use IT to make external collaboration executable, then measure product/process outcomes from open innovation.

Reported result

What the study found

IT resource investment enabled open-innovation initiatives, which improved open product and process innovation performance.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

PLS path modeling

Sample and setting

1,127 Spanish large firms (>250 employees)

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Large-firm Spanish sample; investment measures and observational design limit generalization to startups.

Research sources

abstract_only

Study strength

3.5/5 Abstract-level evidence is useful for framing questions; verify full methods before transfer.

How this was assessed

The 1–5 evidence-check score is a practical reading aid, not a formal peer review or a probability that a conclusion is true. It combines design strength (2 points), sample reporting (1), comparison/control clarity (1), and how much of the paper could be checked (1). Access affects how confidently this directory can assess a study, not the study's underlying quality. Blinding is reported separately because it is not relevant to every design.

Design transparency · 2/2

Based on the reported study design in the retrieved source.

Sample and setting · 1/1

The sample context is stated; a numerical count is preserved only when reported.

Outcome clarity · 1/1

The finding is summarized from publisher or article metadata.

Access for checking · 0.5/1

Only abstract or bibliographic access was confirmed.

Double-blind? The retrieved publisher record does not establish whether participants or outcome assessors were blinded.

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