Can Open Innovation Provide Better Care for Patients?
The IdeaCommection blog notes that one of the boons of open innovation is that it can be used not only to boost business bottom lines but also for the common good, such as initiatives to eradicate disease and improve health and well being of patients. For example, GE’s Healthymagination Innovation Challenge.
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GE & Partners Announce Winners of “Healthymagination Cancer Challenge”
The MarketWatch website reports that GE has announced five innovation award winners as part of the first stage of its $100 million “GE healthymagination Cancer Challenge.” More than 500 ideas from 40 countries were submitted, sparking robust conversations among more
GE and Carbon Trust Partner to Boost Clean Tech
The Clickgreen website reports that GE and the Carbon Trust have announced a new pan-European partnership to accelerate European clean tech growth. This partnership is part of the $200 million GE Ecomagination Challenge, a global open innovation initiative with Venture Capital partners that launched
GE’s Eco-Innovation Platform
Andrew Winston gives an update on GE’s Eco-Innovation platform in the Harvard Business Review. The ecomagination brand has done yeoman’s duty over the last six years. It started as a business strategy that wrapped a handful of greener products into one brand story about helping both
GE to Spend $200M a Year for Cancer R&D for Open Innovation Challenge
An article on the GEN News website reports that GE Healthcare plans to spend $1 billion over the next five years to expand its advanced cancer diagnostic and molecular imaging capabilities as well as its technologies for the manufacture of