From the first edition dust jacket:

• “Henry Chesbrough has the rare gift of being both astute and practical. His fundamental insight — that we must see innovation as an open system — is dead on. Open Innovation should prove invaluable to thinkers and practitioners alike.”
  • Jim Collins, author, Good to Great, coauthor, Built to Last
• “ Open Innovation clearly describes why and how companies need to change their processes for creating value from new technologies. Chesbrough has written an important and useful book.”
  • Clayton M. Christensen, Harvard Business School, author, The Innovator’s Dilemma
• “ The message of Open Innovation could not be more timely. Chesbrough clearly articulates the imperative for today’s innovators in every industry: Companies must realize that events outside their walls will have greater impact on future innovation successes than anything happening inside those walls. Open Innovation charts the course for this sharp turn in thinking.”
  • Craig Wynett, General Manager, Future Growth Initiatives, Procter & Gamble
• “ How can today’s companies replace the flow of innovations that traditionally emerged from our industrial laboratories? Chesbrough offers the first coherent and comprehensive argument that I have seen about what the demise of these labs means — and what should be done about it.”
  • Dorothy A. Leonard, Harvard Business School, author, Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation
• “ This book is seminal — and practical. Chesbrough shows how a few leading firms are revolutionizing the process of innovation, the same way the Toyota Production System revolutionized manufacturing. Open Innovation provides the how-to for revving up your innovation engine for leaps of profitable growth.”
  • Scott Cook, Founder and Chairman of Executive Committee, Intuit