Identifying Open Innovation Partners

The World Scientific website noted that the success of OI projects is directly linked to the selection of suitable partners, who operationally or strategically contribute to reach the goal of the OI project. Despite this relevance of OI-partner selection, methodical support has hitherto been limited —

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Revolutionary Thinking in Pharma

The PharmaPhorum website noted that reliance on outmoded operating procedures, outdated infrastructure and ways of working is one of the biggest threats facing pharma companies. To overcome this the Janssen company has established innovation centers in the major science hot-bed cities across the

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High Tech Automotive Campus Helmond and Open Innovation

The Innovation Origins website reported that the High Tech Automotive Campus Helmond in the Netherlands is a meeting place of more than 600 engineers and researchers, 100 automotive students from different educational levels, and 42 companies and organizations who collaborate on smart, safe, and sustainable

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Ways Your Entrepreneurial Mindset Can Disrupt Industries

The Business.com website noted that it’s important for legacy companies to interact directly with the startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem. By engaging entrepreneurs, you will get a first-hand look at the way startups approach problems with new solutions. You can then use those insights to inform

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Nestlé’s Open Innovation Platform: Two Years Of Creative Solutions

The ESM magazine website reported that Nestlé announced that Henri@Nestlé, the Swiss-based food giant’s open innovation platform, is celebrating two years of ‘innovative solutions’ to challenges businesses face. The platform has launched 12 projects over its two-year lifespan, receiving

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Lessons on Institution Building

The DNA website noted that despite the fact that open innovation is ruling the world, many countries, companies, and institutions continue to be closed and impervious to learning from outside. Inversion is a sign of decline too. Instead of seeking ideas from outside and different levels, reliance on

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The World Open Innovation website announced that the 5th Annual World Open Innovation Conference will be held Dec. 13-14 in San Francisco.  This year’s conference theme, “Digital Transformation for Sustainability”, aims at creating a more inclusive and collaborative approach to understand and

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Open Innovation and the Future of Colorado Media

The University of Denver website reported that a project has been launched to develop a business plan and prototype for a sustainable, scalable independent statewide digital news medium for Colorado. Spurred in part by the continued decline of daily newspapers, the project’s participants will use

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Pact to Create Smart Villages

The Telegraph of India website reported that the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Smart Village Movement to facilitate technology innovations, research and development, open innovation, technology interventions and curriculum development in

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