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Circular Economy has become one of the hot topics in public debates about new and more sustainable industrial paradigms.
Companies are increasingly investing in innovation with the intention of generating a social or environmental impact, which requires trade-offs and balance…
Supply chain innovations can drive business model innovations and vice versa.
Scholars are studying novel search strategies, which offer new perspectives and directions to conduct R&D strategies, for example temporal boundary spanning.
People in R&D usually have a mix of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics training and this requires structured analytical thinking. But many of these people are easily led astray by their intuitions, especially when working on problems outside their ‘discipline’, such as technology management.
Content is the essence of roadmapping. But the impact of impressive, professional visuals that attract interest in their own right can often be overlooked.
In his book Managing Open Innovation in SMEs, (Cambridge University Press, June 2017), Professor Wim Vanhaverbeke considers bike-part manufacturer Curana’s success and highlights how small companies are embracing the global trend toward Open Innovation through collaborating with external partners to create breakthrough products and services.
Different types of feature have different effects on customer satisfaction – analysis by Quality expert, Noriaki Kano, is just as relevant now as it was in 1984
Dominic Oughton reflects on the 2017 Open Innovation Forum Pitching Contest and the ways in which the competition has evolved since its inception.
Professor Wim Vanhaverbeke’s new book Managing Open Innovation in SMEs shows that open innovation is not just for large companies, and offers in-depth analysis of open innovation practices in small firms.
Fraunhofer IAO are conducting their third expert survey on current R&D trends in companies and are asking for responses.
Paavo Ritala, reports from the 4th Annual World Open Innovation Conference and comments that we are moving towards better understanding of both micro and macro environments of open innovation.