Establishing Open Innovation Culture in Cluster Initiatives

The Science Direct website posted a research paper which studied the performance of firms located in clusters. It examined inbound and outbound open innovation in terms of organizational culture in a geographic cluster. It found that agglomeration effects lead to higher trust and information asymmetries

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Knowledge Transfer in Open Innovation

The Emeral Insight website posted a study which noted that despite the abundance of research in open innovation, few contributions explore it at inter-organizational level, and particularly with a focus on healthcare ecosystem, characterized by a dense network of relationships among public and private

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Effect of Open Innovation on Technology Value and Transfer

The Sustainability website reported on a study which analyzed the differences caused by the effect of open innovation in three Korean industries: automotive, robotics, and aerospace. According to the results, the three industries experienced different effects of open innovation. When large companies

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Achieving Success When Partnering With Startups

An article on the Forbes Magazine website reported that a study published last year by The European Academic Network for Open Innovation highlighted the extent of involvement in innovative activities. One of the most popular forms of innovation activity is partnering with startups in some way. The rationale

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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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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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AfricArena’s Current Open Innovation Challenges

The Ventureburn website reported that AfricArena, the international African startup and investor conference, currently has six challenges that entrepreneurs from across the continent can apply to. Entrepreneurs can apply to the following six challenges which AfricArena has already released details on.

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Startups’ Motives, Approaches, & Opportunities for Using Open Innovation

The Lund University website posted a  study of why and how startups practice open innovation. The study aims to contribute to a better understanding of what drives startups to open innovation, how they use it and comprehend what challenges and benefits OI brings to startups. The research suggests that

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