Open innovation as an effective tool for knowledge management of the company

Ing. Pavla Matulová, Ph.D.

Disertační práce

Abstract:

Innovations are an integral part of corporate strategies and corporate vision, and strategies for their fulfilment are the cornerstone for assessing the innovation capacity of the economy. Working with information to power the growth and innovation aspirations of companies, a great emphasis is placed on the size and achieved market position of companies and also on the specifics of individual fields. Innovation is extremely dependent on the availability of knowledge and knowledge management, and therefore the complexity created by knowledge management tools plays an important role in the successful implementation of innovations.Open innovation is an important concept for any organisation or company, no matter how small or large it is. Open innovation involves a collaborative approach, whereby firms integrate external knowledge and expertise into their innovation processes. The aim of this work is to propose an evaluation model of innovation use in business practice with a focus on open innovation. The model will be based on management as a discipline specifying work with explicit and tacit knowledge, as they are the key to innovation. Methodological approaches to modelling include retrospective analysis, qualitative and quantitative surveys in the private sector in the Czech Republic, multi-criteria decision-making and interviews with business innovation managers. The target users of this model are primarily firms in the secondary public sector. The proposed model will both allow the evaluation of quality benefits and contribute to the expansion of the possible methods used in knowledge management.

Keywords

open innovation, knowledge management, innovation drivers, evaluation model of innovation

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 22. 4. 2020

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 26. 6. 2020
• Oponent: prof. Ing. Hana Mohelská, Ph.D.

Univerzita Hradec Králové

Fakulta informatiky a managementu

Doktorský studijní program / obor:
Systémové inženýrství a informatika / Informační a znalostní management