
Will Your R&D Project Generate New Business?
The R&D website describes the strategy of Open Design Thinking, which combines two well established innovation methods. The first method is Design Thinking—working with a cross-disciplinary team the process involves walking in prospective users’ shoes, generating creative ideas from these experiences. The second method, Open Innovation, by
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Open Innovation Demands Partnerships, Alliances, Mergers
The UBJ Innovate website reported that Open Innovation has provided important examples of how talent connections produce value greater than either party could achieve alone. One favorite story is that of P&G approaching competitor Clorox to explore transferring unused innovations to Clorox Glad Products.
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Open Innovation in Sports
The Innovation Excellence website reported that he sports industry is looking outside itself for innovations that provide a competitive advantage. Medicine, information technologies and lightweight materials from the space and aviation fields– all are making their contribution to the sporting industry,
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$2 Million Open Innovation Challenge
The MarketWatch website reported that the NFL, GE and Under Armour have joined with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to launch Head Health Challenge III, an open innovation competition to advance materials that better absorb or dissipate energy.
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NFL Head Health Challenge
The NFL website reported that the National Football League, Under Armour and General Electric have announced the Head Health Challenge II, an open innovation challenge to award up to $10 million for new innovations and materials that can protect the brain from traumatic injury and for new tools for
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