Section » Research
Measuring SMEs’ Propensity for Open Innovation
The IEEExplore website posted a new study which noted that open innovation (OI) has captured increasing interest over recent decades as this approach is linked to higher level organizational ambidextrous strategy, and has become a prerequisite for achieving competitive advantages. Assessing firms’ propensity for OI has, however, turned out to be
Comments Off on Measuring SMEs’ Propensity for Open Innovation • Read this story »
More Articles
Corporate Venturing: How Much Autonomy Will Maximize Impact?
The IESE Insight website website reported on a new study on how companies can best maximize the impact from corporate venturing. Chief innovation officers know that corporate venturing — the collaboration between established firms and innovative startups — can yield strong results. Its
Comments Off on Corporate Venturing: How Much Autonomy Will Maximize Impact? • Read this story »
Innovation Management
A new book, “The Routledge Companion to Innovation Management,” has a chapter on Open Innovation, “A conceptual comparison of open innovation and several similar innovation models”. The chapter discusses collaborative innovation, network-based crowdsourcing, the modes of open
Comments Off on Innovation Management • Read this story »
Developing New Open Business Models
The Sage Publication website reported on a study which noted that companies can create value by effectively applying and managing open business models. The study used examples from Unilever to show how a firm can combine and integrate its assets, capabilities and skills with those of its partners to
Comments Off on Developing New Open Business Models • Read this story »
Open Innovation Maturity Framework
The Information Age website reported that the Open Innovation Maturity Framework, developed by researchers and published in the International Journal of Innovation Management, offers another option for formally improving performance and innovation, and moving beyond a compliance-based mindset. This
Comments Off on Open Innovation Maturity Framework • Read this story »
Open Innovation and Innovation Intermediaries in Sub-Saharan Africa
The journal Sustainability p0sted a study which explores the innovation intermediaries’ landscape in sub-Saharan Africa, considering Science Granting Councils (SGCs) as the key intermediaries in the system. The results of the analysis corroborate the need for institutional and systemic changes
Comments Off on Open Innovation and Innovation Intermediaries in Sub-Saharan Africa • Read this story »
Daiichi Sankyo to Lead Open Innovation Research on Cell Therapy
The BioSpectrumAsia website reported that Daiichi Sankyo Company, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., and Tokyo Institute of Technology have announced that they will commence open innovation research with the aim of creating insulin producing cells from iPS cells for use in regenerative medicine and cell
Comments Off on Daiichi Sankyo to Lead Open Innovation Research on Cell Therapy • Read this story »
How Does a Social Open Innovation Succeed?
The Science, Technology, and Society journal posted an article which noted that as people are paying attention to social innovation as the source of innovative ideas and the repository of new business models, this study poses the following research questions: How does a social open innovation succeed?
Comments Off on How Does a Social Open Innovation Succeed? • Read this story »
Using Open Innovation to Address a Societal Challenge
The Wiley Online Library website posted a study which appeared in the journal R&D Management which explores how a community uses open innovation over time to tackle a global societal challenge. The study developed a process model that describes how inbound, outbound, and coupled open innovation
Comments Off on Using Open Innovation to Address a Societal Challenge • Read this story »
Managerial Challenges of Outbound Open Innovation
the R&D Management Journal posted a study which noted that while the research on open innovation is flourishing, less attention has so far been given to ‘outbound’ processes in comparison to ‘inbound’ and ‘coupled’ open innovation. In this paper we analyze a qualitative case study
Comments Off on Managerial Challenges of Outbound Open Innovation • Read this story »