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 that might affect the successful adoption of
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Open Innovation and Innovation Intermediaries in Sub-Saharan Africa
The journal Sustainability p0sted a study which explores the innovation intermediaries’ landscape in sub-Saharan Africa, considering Science Granting Councils (SGCs) as the key intermediaries in the system. The results of the analysis corroborate the need for institutional and systemic changes
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Connect and Compete Through Open Innovation
The MDDI website noted that open innovation has become a mainstream practice for most technology-driven companies looking to accelerate time to market and stay ahead of the competition; and added if you are a medical technology manufacturer considering open innovation as a strategy within your innovation
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Costs and Benefits of Open Innovation
An editorial on the Crowdsourcing website notes that sourcing ideas from outside a company’s own R&D department taps a larger pool of contributors who work on the promise of potential partnership in the future, not a guaranteed salary. But all costs aren’t readily apparent at first. Aside
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Open Innovation Aims to Reduce Carbon Footprint
The Crowdsourcing website reported that the Canadian Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) has partnered with open innovation intermediary NineSigma to launch a Grand Challenge aiming to find innovative uses for carbon. CCEMC is looking to find and fund ways of converting greenhouse
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