Paradox of Openness: Knowledge Sharing-Protection Tension in Ecosystems
The VTT website posted a paper which describes findings about knowledge management in innovation constellations that are calling themselves innovation ecosystems. The focus is in tension between knowledge sharing and knowledge protection, i.e. in the paradox of openness. The research asked whether an ecosystemic and open way of innovation differs to
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How to Connect IP Management to Open Innovation
The Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation posted an article which noted that in the earliest phase of the technology lifecycle, it pays to be very open. As the dominant design emerges, tightening the protection for one’s ideas becomes very important. Managing internal and external innovations and
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How to Connect IP Management to Open Innovation
A blog on the Garfield Center for Corporate Innovation website noted that in the earliest phase of the technology lifecycle, it pays to be very open. Neither you nor others know yet the best use of a particular technology, and no one has an appropriate business model to commercialize any applications
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Korean Biotech Firms Embrace Open Innovation
The Korea Bizwire website reports that the scope of innovative cooperation is expanding in Korea. Small ventures have begun to invest in each other, and participate in joint studies. This trend is eye-catching among industry officials because starts-ups of different sizes and levels are discovering and
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Accenture Launches Digital Hub in Japan
The Yahoo Finance website reported that Accenture has opened an Accenture Digital Hub in Tokyo, Japan to support the digital transformation of clients by helping them embrace open innovation. At the Digital Hub, Accenture experts in areas such as digital marketing, user experience design, analytics and
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How to Build Trust in Open Innovation
The R&DMagazine website noted that companies today recognize the value of embracing open innovation and tapping an outside pool of experts to help them compete and grow by accelerating their innovations. At the same time, scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs and research labs see how working with
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“Open Innovation” Picking Up Steam
The Thinkinc website noted that in 2003, Henry Chesbrough presented a case study of 1970s and 1980s corporate innovation firms, centered on the giants of R&D from that era such as, Bell Labs, IBM and Xerox PARC. Chesbrough noted that R&D departments have traditionally been ‘closed’ to
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Top 5 Questions About Implementing Open Innovation
The research company Nerac recently conducted a series of executive roundtables on open innovation around the United States and in the United Kingdom. The discussions generated much debate, and common themes developed around questions dealing with implementation, conflict over intellectual property,