Deployment Open Innovation – Our customers who want to deploy Open Innovation tools and practices often ask us the same question: where do we start? Our answer: it depends! Indeed, after several years of experience in deploying Open Innovation, we have found that not all companies have the same starting…

How to do a Scientific Research?
What is the value of ideXlab compared to other search engines in conducting a scientific research? Scientific research – During my PhD studies , like any R&D engineer, I would often carry out bibliographic research in order to better understand my research topic and deepen my knowledge. Among the document…

Frugal Innovation: Definition and Practical Examples
India invented the “Jugaad” or “Frugal Innovation” Frugal Innovation: Meet Sam Pitroda Jugaad was popularized by Sam Pitroda, founder of C-DOT, who has developed and popularized telecommunications in India. Frugal innovation can be defined as “the commercialization, in the context of limited resources, of quality products and services that are…

Definition and Practice of Collaborative Innovation
Definition of Collaborative Innovation Collaborative Innovation Definition – Innovation is a central activity in the economy. It is the basis for the ability of a company, and of the entire economy, to develop, become more competitive and conquer new markets. As Yuman points out in a study on collaborative innovation,…

Examples of Open Innovation: Companies that have taken the plunge
Open Innovation: Examples of Companies This article proposes a few examples of companies that have chosen the path of open innovation. Innovation is more than ever in the core of the corporate strategy, no matter what the size of the company is. The intensification of competition in a global economy…

Can the Pharmaceutical Industry use Open Innovation to find New Treatments?
Open Innovation & New Treatments We were curious to see what results could result from a study of Open Innovation in the pharmaceutical industry applied to the identification of new molecules for therapeutic indications. The pharmaceutical sector has been a pioneer in Open Innovation and invests considerably in the discovery…

Can an SME innovate quickly and efficiently?
Managing Open Innovation in SMEs Managing Open Innovation in SMEs – When we started to focus on SMEs, we were curious to understand if our approaches and tools developed around Open Innovation for large Corporates could be applied to SMEs. Of course, innovation is a key element of competitiveness for…

Open Innovation in Business: Incompatible with Intellectual Property?
Open Innovation Intellectual Property – In a knowledge-based economy, it is essential to be able to protect your industrial assets. Intellectual property rights are therefore essential for the successful development of a company and are a bulwark in the event of industrial conflict. On the surface, Open Innovation, which is…

How to measure the results of Open Innovation?
Results Open Innovation – Measuring the Return on Investment that innovation (or Open Innovation) brings to a company is an extremely difficult task. Results difficult to measure When trying this task, it should be taken into account that part of the exercise is actually subjective, and can therefore vary from…

Open Innovation: Does It Really Work?
Success in Open Innovation – About 90% of companies consider that they innovate too slowly, and 80 to 90% of open innovation initiatives remain in the study stage and do not lead to concrete implementation. In the gigantic digital data repositories lie the information that will be used to innovate…

Why SMEs need to be concerned about Open Innovation?
Open Innovation SME – When we talk about using Open Innovation in R&D, we immediately think about large corporates. However, Open innovation can be particularly useful and beneficial for other types of companies. SMEs are a perfect example of this. Open Innovation in practice Open Innovation differs from traditional innovation…

Is Open Innovation really collaborative?
Can we really talk about collaboration when using Open Innovation? 2018 was a busy year for me as an Open Innovation specialist. I had the opportunity to speak to more than 170 Innovation / Open Innovation Directors in large groups across Europe. One of my findings was that in most…