The Innovation Revolution: From Closed to Open Innovation

In the book Graphene the author Baker James writes: “In 2014, I found myself at the heart of an amazing team of people based at The University of Manchester who were determined to make graphene, the world’s first two-dimensional material, a commercialization success story. I was able to draw

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The Digital Advantage in Open Innovation

The YourStory website noted that though frameworks and examples of open innovation have been around for a while, digital technologies are accelerating them like never before. Insights and tips in this regard are well-presented in the book Managing Digital Open Innovation, edited by Pierre-Jean Barlatier

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Capturing Community Needs Through an Open Innovation Process

A study published in the Proceedings of  the 22nd European Conference on Knowledge Management noted that public open innovation platforms allow a local community to be part of an open innovation process by sharing their their innovative ideas  about a specific problem. However, capturing community

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The Economy of Collaboration

The book, The Economy of Collaboration, has a chapter, The Sphere of Innovation, which deals with with collaborative relations in the sphere of innovation. There are different forms of collaborative innovation . ‘Open innovation’ refers to a profit-driven corporate strategy. In contrast ‘free innovation’

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The book “Sustainable Innovation” discusses  several aspects of the role of open innovation in sustainable development: Open innovation is innovating innovation, so it breaks static equilibrium and brings in new changes. Open innovation pushes firms to deviate from their current routines

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Open innovation: Human Set-up

Wiley Publishers reported that their new book “Open innovation: Human Set-up”, gives an account of the words and behavior of seven entrepreneurs over several years. The author’s observations allow the reader to understand the perspectives that everyone gives themselves in interactions,

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Openness of Open Innovation in the Product Development Process

The Springer Link website posted an abstract of the book The Openness of Open Innovation in the Product Development Process which discusses different criteria needed to adopt open innovation in the product development process. The research explores open innovation in product development based on company

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Planning and Managing Open Innovative Ecosystems, Data and Government

The Emerald Insight website posted a study which noted that the rise of the digital economy has led to a focus on how to manage big data and business intelligence for entrepreneurial purposes. The aim of this paper is to discuss how to plan for open innovative ecosystems that harness the potential of

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Informality and Innovation: Bottom-up Industrialization for Africa?

The Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy has several studies on open innovation. The advantages of operating within a system of open collaborative innovation are highlighted. Through their case study open innovation is defined as the use of both individual and shared ideas, related

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