How Information Technology Overcomes Deficiencies for Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Closed Innovation vs. Open Innovation

The authors acknowledge the gracious support and assistance of the Honorable Enrique Peña Nieto, Former President of Mexico; the Federal Government of Mexico; the State Government of Jalisco; and the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (National Institute of Statistics and Geography) of the Government of Mexico, in collecting the data used in this study. These sources of assistance have no conflict of interest with the study, its topic, or outcomes. They were not involved in study design, in the analysis and interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to submit the paper for publication. Terence J. V. Saldanha and Abhishek Kathuria contributed equally and are co-second authors.