RT book part T1 A Systematic Literature Review of Open Innovation and R&D Managers A1 Cunningham, James A. A1 Foncubierta Rodríguez, María José A1 Martín Alcázar, Fernando A1 Perea Vicente, José Luis A2 Organización de Empresas K1 Open Innovation K1 Management K1 Leadership K1 R&D K1 R&D Leadership K1 Performance K1 Fear K1 Implementation K1 R&D Managers AB There has been a limited research focus on the role of individual actors and human side of open innovation (OI) within the literature. The purpose of this chapter is to address this imbalance. Using a systematic literature review, we thematically review and analyse the R&D leader role within an OI R&D environment. We identified three main themes, OI implementation, fear and firm performance, and using these themes an organising framework we outline future avenues of research. We also argue that there is a need to undertake further research on the role of R&D leader within an OI R&D environment to adequately equip and support them in the day to day management of OI. PB Springer SN 978-3-030-61604-5 YR 2021 FD 2021-03-26 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34679 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34679 LA eng NO This study has benefited from financing from Research Project ECO2014-56580-R of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 05-nov-2026