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Gulf Chemical Companies Open Doors to Open Innovation
The Zawya website reported that Gulf chemical producers are increasingly opening their doors to innovative insights and ideas from research institutions, academia, customers, suppliers and technology providers to identify new business opportunities and maintain their competitive edge. “Open Innovation has a key role in maintaining the global competitiveness
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Call for Papers 3rd Annual World Open Innovation Conference
The WOIC website announced a call for papers for the 3rd Annual World Open Innovation Conference, the first to take place in Europe. The conference, initiated by the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation and hosted by ESADE, will take place Barcelona, Spain Dec. 15-16. As in the first two WOICs,
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Open Innovation Growing, but Universities May Be Missing Out
The London School of Economics website noted that the concept of open innovation is one that is growing in acceptance, with a recent report revealing that nearly 80 percent of companies are regularly engaged with external partners in their innovation work. Despite this apparent willingness and high
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OI Projects in SMEs: Engine for Sustainable Growth
The MDPI website posted a research study that noted that the OI paradigm considers R&D as an open system in which firms benefit from a variety of collaborative activities with external partners that enables a firm’s sustainable management. This study investigated the project-level characteristics
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World Open Innovation Conference Dec. 15-16 in Barcelona
The Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation announced that the 3rd World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC) will be held on December 15-16, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. Last November the WOIC gathered over 170 industry and academic leaders in California for a dialogue on Open Innovation, networking opportunities,
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The Effect of Service Innovation on R&D Activities
The Journal of Open Innovation reported on a study that analyzes the effects of R&D activities and government support programs for product innovation in the service industry. With the advent of the knowledge based society, the technology innovation of the service industry has become an important
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Open nnovation at Davos
The Cornell Chronicle reported that a panel titled “Exploring the Boundaries of Open Innovation” was held at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The session considered whether open collaboration platforms are helping scientific and technological progress. Panelists discussed obstacles
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The End of Open Innovation?
The Hindu website reported that two Spanish researchers tested the open-innovation literature, which implies mutually beneficial results from both inflows and outflows of knowledge. In “Open Innovation: Are Inbound and Outbound Knowledge Flows Really Complementary?,” published in The Strategic Management
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The Rise of Digital Partnerships
The ITProPortal reported that Accenture’s report on Harnessing the Power of Entrepreneurs to Open Innovation found that 78 per cent of large organisations believe that working with entrepreneurs is important or critical to their own growth and innovation. Large businesses also expect the proportion
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Green Economy Through Open Innovation
The Dexigner website reported that the Green Economy Through Open Innovation conference, to be held on February 22 at Alte Kongresshalle in Münich, will introduce the findings of the Open Innovation for Sustainability Platform established by the Sustainability Maker project. The conference will offer
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