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Million Dollar Innovation Challenge
The San Mateo Daily Journal reports that Zazzle has recently partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley’s Center for Open Innovation to find the world’s next big customizable product. The “Million Dollar Innovation Challenge” is looking to develop the next, most innovative
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Open innovation and social media are inseparable
Stefan Lindergaard writes on the site 15Inno that the key reason for focusing on the intersection of open innovation and social media is that interaction and involvement are two terms that work equally well for both open innovation and social media. You could even argue that open innovation and social
The Future of Internal R&D Departments in an Open Innovation Era
In his article on “Business Insider’s” website, Michael Richard Jackson Bonner provides an engaging perspective on “outside-in” open innovation. He makes the important point that companies still need internal R&D in an open innovation world, and that one must still find ways to obtain value
Dublin’s Data-sharing Network
In his article on TechCentral.ie, Paul Hearns details Dublin’s new data-sharing network called “Dublinked.” According to the article, “Open data initiatives in other city regions such as Amsterdam, London and San Francisco have demonstrated that data sharing initiatives can drive the development
How Open Innovation Can Drive Sustainability
In his article “Business working together to drive innovation, Terry Slavin of “The Guardian” explores how the carpet tile manufacturer InterfaceFlor is utilizing open innovation to continue to push the boundaries of sustainability and stay ahead of its competitors. Miriam Turner, Interface’s
Conference on Social Product Development and Co-Creation
The Conference on Social Product Development and Co-Creation took place in Phoenix, Ariz. from June 27-28, 2011. The conference’s goal was to help companies “understand and apply co-creative approaches that drive breakthrough results in product development and innovation.” Among those presenting
Science|Business Video Interview with Henry Chesbrough
In the video included below, Science|Business’s Richard Hudson speaks with Professor Henry Chesbrough and BP’s Group Head for Research and Technology, David Eyton about open innovation.
General Mills: Open Innovation Will Move from One-to-one to ‘Many-to-many’
In her article on FoodNavigator-USA.com, Elaine Watson interviews General Mills senior director of connected innovation Jeff Bellairs on the company’s open innovation efforts. According to Bellairs, “I think a lot of companies dabble in open innovation, but you can’t do this with part-time staff.
GE Ecomagination Challenge Puts $63M into 10 Home Energy Start-ups
In her Science|Business article, Gail Edmondson discusses a recent announcement from GE regarding the second phase of its $200 million open innovation project, the ecomagination Challenge. According to the article, “GE and its venture capital partners today announced $63 million in joint investments
IdeaConnection Case Study: The Music Hack Day Series
“Take a few hundred artists, musicians and hackers and squirrel them away for a weekend and the end result is a neat demonstration of the power of the crowd. The Music Hack Day Series is a turbo-charged idea generating open innovation and crowdsourcing initiative that results in a remarkable output