Artikel

Open innovation in times of crisis: An overview of the healthcare sector in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused huge and disruptive technological changes in the healthcare sector, transforming the way businesses and societies function. To respond to the global health crisis, there have been numerous innovation projects in the healthcare sector, including the fast design and manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical devices, and testing, treatment, and vaccine technologies. Many of these innovative activities happen beyond organizational boundaries with collaboration and open innovation. In this paper, we review the current literature on open innovation strategy during the pandemic and adopt the co-evolution view of business ecosystems to address the context of change. Based on a detailed exploration of the COVID-19-related technologies in the UK and global healthcare sectors, we identify the key emerging themes of open innovation in crisis. Further discussions are conducted in relation to each theme. Our results and analysis can help provide policy recommendations for the healthcare sector, businesses, and society to recover from the crisis.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity ; ISSN: 2199-8531 ; Volume: 8 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-15

Classification
Management
Subject
COVID-19
open innovation
digitalization
ecosystem

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Liu, Zheng
Shi, Yongjiang
Yang, Bo
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
MDPI
(where)
Basel
(when)
2022

DOI
doi:10.3390/joitmc8010021
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  • Liu, Zheng
  • Shi, Yongjiang
  • Yang, Bo
  • MDPI

Time of origin

  • 2022

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