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At the Court of King Henry

At the Court of King Henry

By OIC Editor • on February 16, 2012

The Deloittereview.com website has published an interview with Henry Chesbrough, originator of the open innovation concept, on all things open innovation and the challenges of sustaining the open business model. Chesbrough discuses the genesis of the OI concept, the importance of business models, the optimal conditions for making OI work, intellectual

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Open Innovation and Public Policy in Europe

Open Innovation and Public Policy in Europe

By OIC Editor • on February 13, 2012

Henry Chesbrough and ESADE of Barcelona  professor Wim Vanhaverbeke have released a report that sheds new light on open innovation and public policies in Europe. In the video below posted on YouTube, they discuss open innovation and public policy and fostering competitiveness in the European economy.

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Seven Ways to Make Open Innovation Work in Europe

Seven Ways to Make Open Innovation Work in Europe

By OIC Editor • on February 9, 2012

The Science|Business website outlined a report describing how governments can can play a key role in triggering new models of collaboration. Government can be a catalyst – that’s one of many lessons that are starting to emerge around the world as open innovation is practiced. The report outlined

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New Research Shows Value of Enterprise Social Technology

New Research Shows Value of Enterprise Social Technology

By OIC Editor • on February 9, 2012

The MarketWatch website reports on a study by AIIM which shows that companies are realizing significant, measurable benefit from the adoption of social technologies in the areas of marketing and sales, open innovation and enterprise Q&A. The study found that open innovation delivers beneficial changes

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Using Web 2.0 Technologies to Connect Innovation Partners

Using Web 2.0 Technologies to Connect Innovation Partners

By OIC Editor • on February 6, 2012

The website AltTox.org reports that the concept of open innovation, to leverage internal and external resources for the creation of new products and technologies and then using the most appropriate business model for marketing the new innovations, had been in practical use within the R&D laboratories

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Topics In Open Innovation Speaker Series

Topics In Open Innovation Speaker Series

By OIC Editor • on January 25, 2012

The Spring 2012 Open Innovation Speaker Series is a weekly series at the University of California, Berkeley intended to provide both academic and managerial perspectives on open innovation and related subjects. Admission to the speaker series is free to students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the

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Wiring the open-source enterprise

Wiring the open-source enterprise

By OIC Editor • on January 19, 2012

The McKinsey Quarterly notes that open innovation isn’t a a new phenomenon. But open innovation has spread to a range of industries that use external insights to boost internal R&D efforts or even rely on outside networks for core product ideas. The latest research on Web 2.0 technologies

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Innovative Matchmakers

Innovative Matchmakers

By OIC Editor • on January 14, 2012

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

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Open Minds, Open Innovation

Open Minds, Open Innovation

By OIC Editor • on January 12, 2012

The Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice reports that not so many years ago, the term “open innovation”was unknown to the intellectual property community. However  in the past year or two open innovation is becoming something that is more widely and positively spoken of as

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Henry Chesbrough at Brussels Innovation Conference

Henry Chesbrough at Brussels Innovation Conference

By Henry Chesbrough • on January 7, 2012

Henry Chesbrough gave a presentation on “Open Innovation and Public Policy in Europe” on Dec. 6 in Brussels. Industrial innovation processes are becoming more open. The large, vertically integrated R&D laboratory systems of the 20th century are giving way to more vertically disintegrated

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