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Sustainable Open Innovation Lessons from Carlsberg and the Green Fiber Bottle
The Emerald Insight website posted a study byMarcel Bogers, Henry Chesbrough, and Robert Strand which describes the case of how the Danish beer manufacturer, Carlsberg, developed the Green Fiber Bottle as part of its sustainability program through an open innovation approach. It illustrates how a grand challenge associated with sustainability
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Why Large And Powerful Companies Embrace Open Innovation
The Forbes website posted an interview with Lawrence Cruz, Chief Patent Counsel at Conair Corporation who said “When someone calls with an idea, I treat them as important as the next person. Everyone’s important and everyone’s idea is a good one. I think that’s the way you need to do business
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Is Open Innovation Key for the Future of Connected Vehicles?
In an article on innovation in the auto industry, the TechHQ website noted that navigating the maze of technological complexity will require carmakers to look to a more joined-up approach, not just in terms of the software they are building, but in the industry they are operating in. The path to an end-to-end
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How to Capture All the Advantages of Open Innovation
The Harvard Business Review website published an interview with Henry Chesbrough which noted that the practice of open innovation is now widespread. But there’s a problem. While innovation has increased exponentially, particularly in the tech sector, broader productivity and income levels have been
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CaixaBank and ‘Plug and Play’ Platform Collaborate to Boost Innovation in Fintech Services
The Webwire website reported that CaixaBank and Plug and Play will work together with start-ups to resolve real business challenges. Plug and Play has much experience in strengthening collaborations between start-ups and large companies. Since its creation in 2009, it has worked to create a major open
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Tokyo 2020 Open Innovation Challenge
The Olympic Games website reported that Tokyo 2020 spokesperson Masa Takaya commented, “With the Olympic year finally here, everything is coming together. We’ve spent the last seven years working toward this, and now with just six months to go we’re excited to see the pieces falling into place.”
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Open Innovation: Collaborate To Innovate
The Mondaq website published a report which combines experience gathered from interviews with clients around the world and in multiple sectors to highlight how businesses are innovating and seeing the significant benefits of open innovation. The report examines the process of open/collaborative innovation
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Open Innovation In The Spotlight
The Asian Scientist noted that traditionally, companies have treated innovation almost like a jealously-guarded secret—a proprietary activity conducted only by select insiders. But this costly, long-term model of in-house R&D is threatened by the rapid pace of technological advancement. To keep
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Fear of Looking Foolish
The HAL website posted an overview of a presentation Henry Chesbrough and Sea Matilda Bez gave at the World Open Innovation Conference in Rome this past December. The authors note that managers are myopic in their evaluation of technology; why don’t managers search for alternative business models for
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Open for growth? Evidence on EU Countries and Sectors
The Taylor & Francis website posted an article which noted that the Open Innovation (OI) concept has pervaded the academic and policy debate due to its potential to further stimulate the circulation of knowledge between business partners and institutions and, consequently, to increase their innovation
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