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Monopoly v. Openness: 2 Sides of IP Coin in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The SSRN website posted an article which noted that the pharmaceutical industry extensively relies on the patent system. It actively lobbies for the strengthening of the patent protection of its medical products. The results of its efforts may be found in bilateral and multilateral agreements. However, some recent developments reflect the emerging tendency
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Connect and Compete Through Open Innovation
The MDDI website noted that open innovation has become a mainstream practice for most technology-driven companies looking to accelerate time to market and stay ahead of the competition; and added if you are a medical technology manufacturer considering open innovation as a strategy within your innovation
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Companies Adopting Open Innovation Models
The IT Online website reported on a new PwC survey of over 1,200 global executives and business leaders. The aim of the study was to understand how these business leaders view innovation and what they are doing to better reap its rewards. The study found that companies are embracing open innovation models:
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Open Innovation: The Way Forward For The Legal Industry
The Lexology website posted an article in which the legal firm Corrs, Chambers, Westgarth described how it has been able to evolve and refine its delivery of legal services by embracing an open innovation approach to their technological advancements, saying “we strongly believe this strategy is
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Re-Invent Open Innovation to Apply to Small Firms
The Science|Business website noted that finding good examples of open innovation in small companies is difficult. It seems it is not yet common practice and the management tools available to support collaborations have been developed to suit the needs of large companies. As a result, many SMEs are struggling
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Rafael Nadal Academy To Develop 3 Sports Technology Startups
The SportTechie website reported that Rafael Nadal’s tennis academy has announced three winning startups from a competition it held to uncover and support sports technology companies. The competition, supported by Movistar and Telefonica’s “Open Future” initiative announced the winners as iAltituse,
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4 Types of Innovation and the Problems They Solve
The Harvard Business Review website noted that when you have a really tough problem, it often helps to expand skill domains beyond specialists in a single field. That, in essence, is the value of open innovation. Many believe it is just these kinds of unlikely combinations that are key to coming up
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The Collaborative Nature Of Healthcare Innovation
The Forbes website noted that in healthcare, technologies as diverse as robotics and the Internet of Things, big data and machine learning are having as big an impact as bioinformatics and biology. Belgian pharmaceutical company UCB is an interesting example of a company attempting to stay on top. Open
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Nokia: Wide Open to Co-creation
The Nokia Networks blog noted that today, R&D resources are not sufficient to answer all customer demand and master new emerging technologies. Collaboration with third parties is mainly done on demand and only a very small part of the ecosystem capabilities is leveraged. Looking forward, we are convinced
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Mattel Embraces Open Innovation
The Inc. website noted that toy industry leaders have largely practiced a limited form of open innovation by relying on intermediaries and maintaining a guarded attitude toward outsiders. However, that’s changing. Mattel teamed up with ABC to launch The Toy box, a reality television show in which
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