Provide an entrepreneurial leadership model based on work behavior in open innovation: A qualitative study in knowledge-based cooperatives

With the advent of the new millennium and due to rapid changes in the technology industry around the world, the competitiveness and ultimate survival of an organization depends on its ability to develop and produce new and innovative products and services. Relying on innovation, the countries of the world seek to increase productivity and improve the economic situation, and one of the main reasons for this attention is the increasing competition between societies. Therefore, in this study seeks to provide an entrepreneurial leadership model based on the open innovation approach in knowledge-based cooperatives.

This research was conducted with a qualitative approach and using Grounded Theory. The participants of this research included 15 academic experts and experts and managers of knowledge-based cooperatives who were selected by the snowball sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect the required data.

The entrepreneurial leadership model based on the open innovation approach is based on the core category of creativity, and in the dimension of entrepreneurial leadership, it is based on the categories of acquiring new technology, determining the position of commercialization and professional competencies of knowledge-based cooperatives. Cooperatives should improve their commercialization position by focusing on customer-oriented innovation.

Focusing on the development of the entrepreneurial leadership model based on open innovation in knowledge-based cooperatives, the current study provides a set of theoretical and practical implications for managers and entrepreneurs to develop the sharing of ideas and knowledge.