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Startup Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars
The SAP website reported that the Startup Europe Partnership announced its SEP awards which recognized 36 companies for their efforts collaborating with startups and encouraging open innovation. Twelve companies were named “Corporate Startup Stars.” Another 24 were recognized as “Open Innovation Challengers.” The competition is organized by
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Managing Open Innovation in Large Firms
The Fraunhofer Society website posted an article, “Managing Open Innovation in Large Firms” by Henry Chesbrough of the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley and Sabine Brunswicker, of the Fraunhofer Society. Originally published in 2013, the article was the first large sample survey of open
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A New and Strong Japan Emerges
An article on the Japan Times website noted that the ownership structure of corporate Japan has changed from a closed, insider-based system to an open and competitive system. Today, corporate Japan has liberated itself from the group-ownership straitjacket, and has turned from a membership-only closed
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SAP, Telefonica & Virgin Voted Top 3 European Startup Supporters
The Telecompaper website reported that SAP, Telefonica and Virgin have been selected as Europe’s top three “startup-friendly” companies in SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars ranking. The “Corporate Startup Stars” ranking established by open innovation advisory firm Mind the Bridge and innovation
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Agrisource – Europe’s 1st OI Platform for Climate-smart Agriculture
The Climate-KIC website reported that a new capacity-building tool for climate-smart agriculture was launched in December. The tool, called Agrisource (www.agrisource.org), is Europe’s first open innovation platform for climate-smart agriculture. Agrisource will bring together international actors
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Decision Time Is Here For Blockchain
The ZDNet website posted an article which discussed the relationship between blockchain, the purportedly immutable global database, and open innovation. It argued that in essence, blockchain has the potential to make open innovation truly “open.” Blockchain, because it is based on a common,
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Nokia’s Open Ecosystem Network Platform
The PRweb website reported that NOKIA is on a mission to shape the future of technology with its Open Ecosystem Network (OPEN) where innovators, entrepreneurs and developers collaborate on real business challenges. Open Ecosystem Network is an open, cloud based co-creation environment built on the
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Creating An Open Brand
The Forbes website noted that often companies try to fit innovation efforts into their current systems. It just doesn’t work. Innovation needs the ability to pivot and fail. It needs time to find the best path to the future. Instead, most companies have a bureaucracy that is set up to maximize a mature
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Innovation Models For Clean Growth
The BusinessGreen website looked at different approaches to driving sustainable innovation for big business. One approach is open innovation. Businesses often have an inherent reluctance to share ideas, but sustainable solutions frequently require fresh perspectives to maximize an idea’s potential.
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World Open Innovation Conference
The World Open Innovation website announced the Fourth Annual World Open Innovation Conference which will be held Dec.13-15 in San Francisco CA. The conference will explore Digital transformations, led by GE’s Chief Digital Officer, Bill Ruh; consider organizational moonshots, led by Arati Prabhakar,
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