The Harvard Business Review website reported on a new study which noted that many companies are encouraging employees to scout for new ideas among external partners, such as universities, research institutes, competitors, and customers. Much research suggests that exposing employees to a broad range of external partners can lead to more innovation at
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The Campaign website reported that “Open innovation” is the buzzword of the moment in Japan, with a number of large, well-established companies looking
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The Campaign website reported on a comprehensive new study by Forbes and KPMG. One of the key findings was the importance of “smart sharing”:
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The FoodIngrediantsFirst website reported that Fazer, a large Finnish food industry company, is working to build an innovation ecosystem in the food industry. “A more open and collaborative innovation
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The Research Platform Alexandria website posted a research paper which argued that open innovation (OI) so far has mainly been understood as a process involving firm external partners. In this paper, we
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The Diginomica website noted that the clamor for digital transformation means executives in both the public and private sectors are encouraged to use creative methods, such as hackathons and cross-organization
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An article on the Crowdfund Insider website noted that it is fair to say that over the past couple years, Fintech has taken the financial industry by storm; however, Japan has been a bit reluctant. But
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