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To Spur Innovation, Tech Ecosystems Can’t Afford to Overlook Academia
The Calcalistech website noted that large companies are more aware of the fact that they can’t just rely on their R&D and should turn to academics to acquire new technologies and know-how. Harvard Professor Henry Chesbrough termed this equation “Open innovation.” The European Commission recognized its value too and just launched the “Knowledge
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The Evolving Nature of Open Innovation Governance
The Science Direct website posted a study which noted that there is growing recognition that the governance of open innovation is interdependent with the outcome being developed. This paper addresses the dynamic nature of open innovation governance through an in-depth, longitudinal case study of a commercial
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The New Silk Road: R&D Networks, Knowledge Diffusions, and Open Innovation
This Special Issue of the journal R&D Management aims to highlight the need to expand our understanding of new paradigms for cultivating innovation development along the “New Silk Road” enabled by the “Belt and Road” initiative (BRI) of the Chinese government that connects traditional
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Measuring Open Innovation Practices: How Openness Relates to Firm Performance
The Academy of Management posted a study by Henry Chesbrough and Qinli LU which employed an unsupervised learning technique (i.e. topic modelling) that utilizes natural language processing to extract information on companies’ open innovation practices from their annual reports. Their approach allows
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Open Innovation Through Startup Collaboration
A study published on the IEEE Xpress website noted that startups could foster open innovation by partnering with other startups as external sources of innovation. The ever-growing network of diverse software startups is an opportunity for these startups to gain access to significant knowledge and expertise
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NASA’s 10th Space Apps Challenge Increases Global Participation
The NASA website announced that NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge, or Space Apps, will be held Oct. 2-3. Space Apps engages thousands of people around the world to work with the agency’s open source data in a 48-hour sprint. Since its start in 2012, Space Apps has grown from 25 local events
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Liquid Handling System Market Revenue to Grow $4.8 Bn by 2027
The Yahoo Finance website reported that growing demand for high-throughput screening is anticipated to promote market growth in liquid handling systems. The increasing adoption of open innovation models in biotechnology & pharmaceutical companies, availability of government funding & venture
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BIND 4.0 Seeks Disruptive Tech Startups Around the World
PRNewswire reported that the Open Innovation & Acceleration Program, BIND 4.0, has launched its sixth edition open innovation call to search for the most innovative technology startups around the world, with the aim of creating new disruptive projects in the hands of 65 large collaborating companies.
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Innovation Policies Promoting Open Innovation
The Wiley Online Library website posted an article which noted that as traditional closed innovation approaches have become ineffective in addressing the emerging government policy challenges, a growing number of governments have tried to promote OI as part of their innovation strategies and policies.
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African Tech Startups Invited to Apply for Saint-Gobain and AfricArena Open Innovation Challenge
The Tech in Africa website reported that Saint-Gobain and AfricArena have partnered to launch a joint open innovation challenge targeting e-commerce and fintech startups in Kenya, Egypt, and South Africa. Bintou Adekoya, the COO at AfricArena termed the collaboration as a way of “aiming to identify
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