Roles and Responsibilities of Open Innovation Specialists

The Journal of Innovation Management posted a study which examines the worldwide job market for ‘open innovation’ specialists as per job title and/or job description.  The findings identify the key responsibilities of dedicated open innovation specialists and associated skills and the competencies

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Adoption of Open Innovation in Large Firms

The Taylor Francis Online website posted  large-sample survey of open innovation adoption and management in large firms, a follow-up to a previous study. Some of the survey measures from the first survey were repeated, finding that open innovation continues to be widely practiced in about 80 percent

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A Framework Based on Sustainability, Open Innovation, and Value Cocreation

The MDPI website posted a paper which deals with a case study in an Italian maritime cluster seen through a multiple paradigms framework, based on Sustainability, Open Innovation, and Value Co-creation . The proposed theoretical framework helps to interpret a true phenomenon consisting of the design

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Open Innovation: Research, Practices, and Policies

The California Management Review website posted an article which noted that open innovation is now a widely used concept in academia, business, and policy making. This article describes the state of open innovation at the intersection of research, practice, and policy. It discusses some key trends (e.g.,

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Evotec, Sanofi on Infectious Disease Research Agreement

The Pharmaceutical Business Review website reported that the major drug companies Evotec and Sanofi are in exclusive negotiations to create an infectious disease open innovation research and development platform through a new open innovation platform near Lyon in France.  The platform will be led by

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The Inspire Project: How Open Innovation is Managed

The INSPIRE project investigates how Open Innovation is managed and organised in SMEs in order to leverage and expand the existing scattered initiatives and professionalize their services. The project seeks to understand in depth good practices of Open Innovation in SMEs across Europe, including the

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Patents and Open Innovation

The Cairn.info website reported that many recent studies have highlighted that the patent system might, paradoxically, promote open innovation by stimulating inter-firm collaborations and markets for technology. Indeed, it seems that to open up a firm’s boundaries can be risky, and patents can often

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Open Innovation: University-Industry Collaboration in Russia

The Asia News Network website posted an article that sheds light on the implementation of open innovation model in collaboration between companies and universities in a global scale, particularly in Russia. The study is qualitative and is based on integrative analysis of literature, secondary data and

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The ResearchGate website posted an article by Henry Chesbrough, Marcel Bogers and Carlos Moedas “Open Innovation: Research, Practices, and Policies” which noted that  open innovation is now a widely used concept in academia, business, and policy making. This article describes the state of

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