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Open Innovation in Times of Crisis: An Overview of the Healthcare Sector in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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posted on 2022-01-28, 09:53 authored by Zheng LiuZheng Liu, Yongjiang Shi, Bo Yang
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.

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Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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MDPI

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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Liu, Z., Shi, Y. and Yang, B. (2022) 'Open Innovation in Times of Crisis: An Overview of the Healthcare Sector in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic', Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 8(1), p.21. DOI: 10.3390/joitmc8010021

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2199-8531

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  • Cardiff School of Management

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Zheng Liu

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  • Welsh Centre for Business and Management Research

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  • en

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