A Clarion Call To Innovate

The Asian Scientist Magazine noted that ideas are in abundance if you only know where to look. As companies seek to gain a competitive edge in their respective industries, they are becoming more receptive to ideas that originate externally, embracing the spirit of open innovation to drive growth. Broadcasting

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The Asian Scientist reported that Health Food Matters, a Singapore-based food company, churns out wholesome meals, food products and beverages that provide much-needed nutrition to support a strong, healthy and happy lifestyle for those with special dietary requirements. Health Food Matters places a

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Four Skills For Successful Open Innovation

The Asian Scientist website reported that rather than depend solely on its own strengths and resources to innovate, organizations are beginning to realize the benefits of partnering with external collaborators for success, practicing open innovation (OI). This strategy has become something of a gold

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Advancing Open Innovation Teaching

The Proquest website described a study which noted that the existing Open Innovation teaching programs are rather limited and the tools and methods applied are not yet widely discussed in business and academia. Building on the results of a large EU project developed first in Europe OI curriculum, the

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A Process View and a Framework of Open Innovation in SMEs

The ProQuest website posted an article which is a research-in-progress outcome of a large-scale study of  open innovation in European SMEs. The study presents a process model of an open innovation in SMEs, which has been developed and validated through the course of studying the cases of 117 Europe-based

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Open Innovation in Family Firms

The Emerald Insight website posted a study whose purpose is to shed light on how family firms execute open innovation strategies by managing internal and external knowledge flows (KF) to provide a deeper understanding of family firms’ ability to innovate through traditions and create value across generations.

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A comparative stakeholder approach for developing open innovation activities in SMEs

The Science Direct website posted an study which noted that recent literature on open innovation (OI) highlights the need for studies regarding the factors that influence firms to switch from a closed to an OI strategy. At the same time, stakeholder literature points out the scarcity of knowledge regarding

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What Is Open Innovation?

The RTE website noted that “No matter who you are, most of the brightest people don’t work for you. They work for someone else. [So] you need a strategy that allows for innovation elsewhere”. That’s what Bill Joy co-founder of  Sun Microsystems famously said, and the quotation

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Innovation: I’MNOVATION Challenge Targets Sustainability in Mining

The Canadian Mining Journal reported that a new open innovation program looks to tap ideas from startups around the world to solve some of the mining sector’s most pressing problems. Ennomotive has launched in Chile I’MNOVATION, the open innovation startup program by ACCIONA, a leading multinational

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