Prosper Through Open-Data Innovations
The Statetech website noted that attracting business to your state can be difficult in this economic climate. Investors are wary of diverging too far from the pack. State and local governments have a unique opportunity to help startups become the next Facebook or Google. Open data may be just what the doctor ordered for state governments looking
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Open Data is re-Defining Government
The website Nextgov noted that the public sector in the 21st century gets a bad rap. But a new movement, spurred by digital and social activism, is taking root to renovate and redefine the public sector. This movement is based on democratizing the vast treasure trove of data that governments have accumulated
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7 Good Ways: Open Innovation
The open100 website notes that open innovation is increasingly common in organizations to accelerate the pace and impact of innovation by sharing risk and reward with partners. As part of a recent project working with organizations new to open innovation, open 100 has drafted a quick guide with seven
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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Open Data
The Slate website reports that cities around the world are releasing heaps of data to the public. Opening up stats about transit, crime, pollution, education, and other aspects of urban life is meant to improve public services and foster new businesses. But as many cities have learned, it takes a
Open Innovation in Drug Discovery
The Wiley Online Library site posted an article from the journal Molecular Informatics which discusses some of the strengths and limitations of open innovation in drug discovery. The ever-growing availability of large-scale open data and its maturation is having a significant impact on industrial drug-discovery,
Civic Engagement and Open Innovation
A blog on the govloop website notes that in an environment with decreasing resources and often increasing expectations for government performance, local government innovators are springing up in cities across the country. People are working to make “government a platform”, providing the
Open Innovation: Are Latin America Captives Missing a Opportunity?
The nearshoresamericas website notes that companies can no longer keep their own innovations secret unto themselves; … the key to success is creating, in effect, an open platform around your innovations so your customers, your employees and even your competitors can build upon it, because only by
Latest Research on Open Government and Open Innovation
The ESADE.edu website reports that representatives from ESADE presented their latest research findings on open government and open innovation at the Sustainable Development Forum 2012, an event organised by the World Bank. Jonathan Wareham, ESADE’s Vice-Dean of Research and Director of the Institute