The ResearchGate website posted an article by Henry Chesbrough, Marcel Bogers and Carlos Moedas “Open Innovation: Research, Practices, and Policies” which noted that  open innovation is now a widely used concept in academia, business, and policy making. This article describes the state of

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Towards Open Innovation and Co-Production Through Citizen Engagement

An article on the  GovLab website examined the challenge of involving various stakeholders in urban planning through user-driven innovation and collaborative design. The article concludes that, in order to provide real benefit and value for urban planning and smart city solutions, participatory service

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Winning With Open Process Innovation

The Tribune Content Agency website noted that most research on open innovation has focused on the use of ideas and knowledge from outside the organization in the development of products and services. But openness can be useful for process innovation, too. Our research shows that manufacturers can benefit

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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi to Invest Up To $1 Billion in Open Innovation

The Markets Insider website reported that Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, the world’s leading automotive alliance, has announced the launch of Alliance Ventures, a new corporate venture capital fund that plans to invest up to $1 billion to support open innovation over the next five years. In its first

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AI, Digital Technology is Changing Innovation Landscape

The University World News website reported that the rise of technologies such as artificial intelligence or AI, data analytics and other digital technologies is changing the innovation landscape in a way that is more conducive to university-industry research and development collaborations than in the

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Rapid Open Innovation Working Labs Creates a Network for Innovation

The Europa website reported that through a networking platform, the Rapid Open Innovation Working Labs (OIWLs) project improves the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Austrian-Italian border regions. Over 50 public and private research and innovation service centers are

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Novozymes and Grundfos Kick off Collaboration for Clean Water

The Sustainable Brands website noted that when you combine biotech with cutting-edge water technology, you might find new solutions to some of the most pressing global issues concerning water scarcity. This is the scope, when the world’s leading expert in enzymes and microorganisms, Novozymes, and

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IOTA Launches Data Marketplace Open Innovation Initiative

The RTinsights website reported that the IOTA Foundation, an open-source non-profit foundation from Germany, has announced the launch of the first publicly accessible data marketplace for the Internet of Things.  The new marketplace is powered by a distributed ledger and IOTA says it will be one of

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The Shenzhen Way of Open Innovation

The China Daily website noted that the city of Shenzhen,  in South China’s Guangdong province, is becoming known as the “Silicon Valley of China.” The founder of OpenTrons, which makes robots for biologists, Will Canine praised the spirit of “open innovation” in Shenzhen,

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