ABSTRACT
With this research we aim to identify sources and practices for knowledge acquisition used in the literature on open innovation in order to build a framework with which we explain “where” and “how” firms can acquire knowledge and technologies to follow an open innovation journey. Through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) from 2003 to 2017, 42 papers were identified and analyzed to give us a better understanding of sources and practices for knowledge acquisition adopted in past studies. The SLR identifies 19 sources and 16 practices for knowledge acquisition used by previous studies, highlighting occurrences of each source and practice. Overall, the study offers an original and comprehensive view of knowledge acquisition based on sources and practices, opening venues for future research and helping managers understand how to begin the open innovation journey and enjoy a knowledge acquisition strategy.
