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Managing Open Innovation in Large Firms
The Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, in the US and the Fraunhofer Society in Germany have teamed up to conduct the first large sample survey of open innovation adoption among large firms: “Managing Open Innovation in Large Firms.” Surveying large firms in both Europe and in the US with
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Why Now Is the Time for “Open Innovation”
The Harvard Business Review posted a very incisive and informative review of the state of and challenges faced by open innovation. It notes that the recent burst of open innovation demonstrates the massive potential of open innovation. Open innovation has the potential to widen the space for value
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Innovation by Proxy: Clusters as Ecosystems Facilitating Open Innovation
The JEMI website posted a paper which investigates the potential role of clusters as intermediaries of open innovation for cluster members. The article conceptually links open innovation and clusters, proposes and categorizes roles of clusters as open innovation intermediaries, as well as indicates factors
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A Strategic Design Guideline for Open Business Models
The International Journal of Automation Technology posted a study which noted that to realize a competitive product-service system, a manufacturer is required to change its closed business model and develop open and sustainable alliances with external partners. As an alternative business model, an open
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Open Innovation: A Study About the 3M and Natura – Brazil Companies
The IberoAmerican Journal of Strategic Management posted a study whose aim is to verify how Natura and 3M businesses included open innovation in their everyday practices. The results show that open innovation is understood by companies like a strategy that permeates the ecosystem to the complement of
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Managing the Challenges of Business-to-Business Open Innovation in Complex Projects
The Science Direct website posted a study which noted that research shows that knowledge sharing and system integration are two major challenges posed by openness to business partners in complex innovation projects. However, there remains limited research on the microfoundations (i.e., actions and practices)
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Technology and Strategic Surprise: Adapting to an Era of Open Innovation
An article in the The US Army War College Quarterly noted that technological revolutions affecting military innovation and state power can be either open or closed. In the twentieth century, military technological innovation was mainly closed. By contrast, in the twenty-first century technological innovation
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The Practice of Open Innovation by SMEs in the Food Industry
The Journal of Innovation Management published a study which examines the practice of open innovation by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the food industry. The results of the analysis show that food SMEs practice open innovation mostly through inbound open innovation activities rather than
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The Open Innovation in Science research field
The Industry and Innovation Journal posted an article which noted that Openness and collaboration in scientific research are attracting increasing attention from scholars and practitioners alike. However, a common understanding of these phenomena is hindered by disciplinary boundaries and disconnected
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Open Innovation in the Food Industry
The British Food Journal issued a call for papers on Open Innovation in the Food Industry. The Journal noted that Open Innovation has been a paradigm that reshaped the approach to innovation and competitiveness during the last two decades. Regarding the food industry, studies have revealed that open
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