Co-development and Open Innovation Many companies have evolved from a closed-innovation model to Open Innovation, and have made the most of their networks to satisfy their need for innovation. Is collective knowledge a prerequisite for Open Innovation today? Let’s discover the concept of co-development! Co-development, from the idea of the…
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Articles dealing with the Open Innovation practices

Better, Faster, Harder - SME Open Innovation
SME & Open Innovation The demand for innovation is becoming increasingly pressing and is accelerating… paving the way for SME open innovation We observe that even on the historical offer-driven markets as consumer electronics, the demand side is now imposing the pace, not the offer. Consumers expect better products everyday…

Knowledge Transfer between Academics And Companies In Open Innovation
Particularly useful Partnerships NCUB made a research commissioned by the Technology Strategy Board and Research Councils UK on the benefits of academic and business knowledge transfer partnerships through a model of best practice (you can get the full Successful engagement in Open Innovation report here). The academic expertise engaged with British businesses so as…

Open Innovation barriers
Interview with Anders Hjalmarsson Interview with Anders Hjalmarsson of Viktoria Swedish ICT, Götegorg, Sweden. Author of “Beyond Innovation contest: a framework of barriers to open innovation of digital services” Q: Hello Anders, thank you for your time today. We would like to discuss the main findings of your work related…

A Success Story of an Open Innovation Platform
The interview of Justo Puerto Albandoz Open innovation platforms are a great success when it comes to bringing experts and companies together so that they can innovate. We got the opportunity to interview Justo Puerto Albandoz , a professor of operations research at the University of Seville, Spain, who has…

Implementing swifter Open Innovation thanks to the C-K design theory PART 1
The C-K Design Theory The C-K design theory is a theory of reasoning in design, that aims to provide a single yet domain-independent approach to innovators seeking to streamline their innovation workflows. It builds on classical design theories, then goes beyond problem-solving by stimulating truly innovative design. This is due…

Webinar: 8 Implications of Open Innovation
The Top 8 Implications of Open Innovation in Your Company The president and co- founder of ideXlab, an open innovation platform that automates intermediation between experts and enterprises, shares the experiences encountered by companies wanting to implement open innovation since ideXlab is in constant dialogue with them and explains the…

Open innovation and intellectual property rights: contradiction and complementation*
Open Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights management have long been presented as contradictory conceptions of innovation. We discuss here the apparent contradiction around Innovation Property but show that IPRs, well managed, allow to conduct the most effective Open Innovation projects. * Complementation refers to two organisms having muted on different…
Webinar: The Top 8 Implications of Open Innovation In Your Company
Webinar Agenda The Top 8 Implications of Open Innovation in your Organisation Thursday April 24 5:30 – 6:15pm (UTC+01:00) Join usProfile of Host : Jean-Louis Liévin The president and co-founder of idexlab, an open innovation platform that can automate intermediation between enterprises and experts. Enterprises of any size can use…