Hi I have a question; is there a theory or or some literature on how new innovations that start in small entrepreneurial SME:s get absorbed as functionalities into big established players?
Some examples are, location-based check-ins that started in foursquare, and other now forgotten and moved into Facebook. Another may be how Twitter and Facebook are developing fact-checking tools as features, in competition with independent SME-based fact checking tools.
This is of course a pattern in development of innovation.
Is there a theory or or some literature that sums up this?
Have a look at the theory of Open Innovation. I can recommend the work of Henri Chesbrough and Wim Vanhaverbeke.
https://scholar.google.nl/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=open+innovation&btnG=
Check Fraunhofer-ISI publications (request or library) from the 1980s, especially Meyer-Krahmer et al. They have done a lot of pioneering work regarding this issue. Good luck
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