Abstract
Open Innovation remains the process of enabling inflow and outflow of knowledge, ideas, design, plus technologies throughout the organization during the various stages of the innovation process. This Innovation consists of inbound and outbound open innovations, whereby inbound open Innovation is the influx of knowledge, while outbound open innovation remains the outward flow of knowledge. Previously, studies related to open innovation have only focused specifically on the business world, the industrial sector while less focused on strategy and its implementation in the education sector. This study aims to fill this gap by studying open innovation in ordinary day secondary schools due to their significant contribution to development Malaysian education. Based on an open innovation model and a theory of views based on resources, this study will analyse the role of open and innovative innovation activities government support in determining the innovative capabilities of secondary schools. In this conceptual paper, the author develops the conceptual model that will be used in further research activities in education sector and will contribute to a better understanding of open innovation activities and their practices in secondary schools in Malaysia.
Highlights
Open innovation, is based on the belief that knowledgeable and creative individuals outside the company can contribute to achieving strategic goals and that sharing intellectual property both ways is useful for different parties in different ways (Jennex, et al, 2020)
International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Innovation can bring the use of advanced technology in schools and is able to improve school performance in stages (Horn, 2020)
From the results of the study conducted on the Open Innovation model and Resource -Based View Theory (RBV) theory, new conceptual model was developed to fill the gap of the open innovation context in the Education sector in this study
Summary
Tamil Selvi Rajoo, Mohd Khairuddin Ramliy, Sabrinah Adam, Beni Widarman Yus Kelana. Received: 25 December 2020, Revised: 28 January 2021, Accepted: 10 February 2021. In-Text Citation: (Rajoo et al, 2021) To Cite this Article: Rajoo, T. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(1), 522-535
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