Working With Your Competitors
The University of Calgary website posted a new study from the Haskayne School of Business which examines 20 years of ‘open innovation’ in the Canadian energy industry. The authors found that industry finds it easier to employ open innovation methods to address strictly non-competitive environmental issues, such as managing tailings ponds.
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Matchmaking & Open Innovation
The Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship posted an article which noted that open innovation suggests an exchange of ideas, knowledge, innovation, or technology across the boundaries of firms in collaborative settings and on markets. Research has shown that markets for innovation and technology do not
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How to find the Perfect Partner in OI
The FoodNavigator website noted that Open Innovation used to be just for the likes of P&G and Unilever, but today it’s being embraced by a lot of mid-sized companies in the $100m-$1bn revenue range as well. Companies have been engaging in open innovation since time began. What’s changed
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Open innovation: Organizational Practices and Policy Implications
In this doctoral thesis posted on the ESADE website, Henry Nelson reviews seven research articles which provide a broad perspective on open innovation, from the project level to the innovation system level of analysis. The studies include an exploration of different types of innovation intermediaries
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Open Innovation Intermediaries: A Look at NineSigma
An article on the Crowdsourcing website notes that if open innovation intermediaries’ most important asset is a large crowd of resourceful problem solvers, then keeping these bright individuals around should be a top priority. Part of that, of course, entails finding interesting and thoughtful challenges
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Open Innovation: Creating Through Community
An article on the crowdsourcing website draws lessons from Henry Chesbrough’s 2006 book “Open Business Models,” in which he describes a rising field of companies which specialize in innovation. He calls these companies “innovation intermediaries.” There are many kinds