
Mattel Embraces Open Innovation
The Inc. website noted that toy industry leaders have largely practiced a limited form of open innovation by relying on intermediaries and maintaining a guarded attitude toward outsiders. However, that’s changing. Mattel teamed up with ABC to launch The Toy box, a reality television show in which toy inventors compete to have their idea licensed
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Current State of Open Innovation
The Innovation Excellence website reported on the recent Open Innovation forum in Baltimore, saying that it showed that OI is in a healthy state. While there is nothing truly revolutionary, the picture is one of good solid progression and increasing adoption, with continuing promise for the future.
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The New Open Innovation Landscape
The ISPIM Magazine notes that any complex corporation works with a multitude of third parties to develop better products and services. Members of your supply chain, customers, and academia are just three key groups you may consider as normal partners in innovation. Increasing the scale of your external
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Berkeley Innovation Forum
The Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley website reported that more than 50 top executives from 30 companies that have experimented with opening their doors to innovation gathered on the UC Berkeley campus to discuss their experiences at the Berkeley Innovation Forum from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25. The
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