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First Innovation Convention organised by the European Commission
The website of the European Commission has announced its first Innovation Convention to be held Dec. 5-6 in Brussels. The conference will bring together world leading experts in research and innovation to share their views on building a global innovation economy. Research and innovation are the main motors for sustainable job creation and the
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Mass Customization, Personalization, and Co-Creation Conference
The Mass Customization, Personalization, and Co-Creation Conference will be held in San Francisco Nov. 16-19 the conference website reports. Open Innovation has developed far beyond the state of a niche-method practiced only by a selective few entrepreneurs. With the evolution of the internet to “Web
Apple’s Contributions to Open Innovation
In a post on the site Crowdsourcing.org, Joel West discusses Apple’s Contributions to Open Innovation. Some recent coverage of Steve Jobs legacy and Apple’s record focuses on the Macintosh’s proprietary operating system and its mixed record on open architecture. However, Apple under
The Evolution of Open Innovation: An Interview with Henry Chesbrough
In this article on the TMCNet site, Henry Chesbrough discusses the evolution of open innovation, what it takes to succeed at open innovation, where it might not gain traction, and how it compares with open-source innovation models. Chesbrough coined the term “open innovation” with the publication
Open Services Innovation: Road Runner Sports
The Plantescompany blog reports that Road Runner Sports offers a new twist on guru advice – a computerized assessment based on a video of the shopper running on a treadmill, a pad measuring where the runner places the weight of his feet and runner-provided information. Road Runner Sports turns
Services Innovation Essential for Advanced Economies
“Service innovation is essential for advanced economies as more than 70% of their GDP is generated by services” was the thrust of the keynote speech given by Professor Jos Lemmink, the Oce website reports. Lemmink spoke at a symposium marking the opening of the Open Innovation Center in
Letting Your Customers Design Your Products
The Inc. website reports that when Brazil’s most popular automaker, Fiat, sought a design for its 2009 concept vehicle, the Fiat Mio, rather than turning inward to its core team of designers and engineers to come up with the new look, the company turned outward—and let the world decide how
Innovating With Services
An article on the Financial Post website notes that in this difficult economic climate, most executives are looking to improve competitiveness and profitability by becoming more innovative. One way to outflank competition, meet increasing customer demands and improve revenues is to target innovation
Open Services Innovation: A Review
On the Blogging About Business website, Bob Morris reviews Henry Chesbrough’s most recent book. In his previous articles and books Henry Chesbrough has a great deal of value to say about results-driven, multi-dimensional collaboration/co-creation within and beyond any organization. His latest
SAP Co-Innovation Lab: Collaborative, Open Innovation
A “skunkworks” R&D approach is no longer the norm writes Terri Griffith on the Gigaom site. Instead, the Internet and intranets allow ideas to come from almost anywhere: this is Open Innovation. An interesting example of Open Innovation is the SAP Co-Innovation Lab as SAP and its partners