Unilever’s Open Innovation Platform
The sustainablebrands website reports on an interview with Gail Martino, Manager of Emerging and Disruptive Innovation, Open Innovation Group at Unilever, about the recent launch of the company’s open
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Innovative Sustainability Solutions
The Sustainablebrands website notes that rapid advancements in technology are changing the way companies gather and share knowledge, and most importantly the efficiency with which new ideas are discovered and brought to market. Crowdsourcing, open innovation and social enterprise technology are
Can Crowdsourcing Crack Corporate Sustainability?
The Guardian notes that we’ve seen a wave of businesses pioneering new ways of putting into practice the old adage that a problem shared can be a problem halved by tapping into the wisdom of the crowds who populate the online world. The shift has thrown wide open a range of business challenges
Examples Of Open Innovation To Stimulate R&D
The SeekingAlpha website reports recent research which identified four different types of corporate environment in addressing the potential of open innovation. Technology isolationists, (36 percent of the respondents), invest solely in their own R&D and are not interested in tapping outside wisdom
Unilever Unveils Online Forum to Get Outside Innovation Help
Businessweek website reports that Unilever, the world’s second- biggest consumer-products maker, has unveiled a website to gather and assess ideas from outside the company as it looks to bolster sales from new products and improve environmental practices. Since Unilever established an open innovation
Will Manufacturing’s Future Be Open?
The Manufacturing.net website notes that due to the difficult business climate, more manufacturers are starting to rely on open innovation. For years, manufacturers relied upon heavily-staffed engineering departments that were responsible for all components of the product development cycle. This worked
Firms test new R&D models
The WARC website reports that brand owners like Procter & Gamble, Unilever and General Mills are making enhanced use of open innovation as they seek to drive growth. Procter & Gamble, the consumer goods giant which spends $3bn a year on R&D, has been a particular advocate of this model,
Innovative Matchmakers
The Financial Times reports that “Not invented here”, or plundering technologies and innovations across disciplines and geographies, is the mantra increasingly heard in boardrooms and on factory floors. Procter & Gamble, the fast-moving consumer goods company, aims to triple sales