China’s unique approach to boundary spanning on the BRI
Boundary spanning is defined as brokering information by facilitating and managing knowledge inflows and outflows between two organisations. The Chinese have a unique approach to boundary spanning, researchers Coris, Fu and Külzer-Sacilotto found in their analysis of the Chinese...
Read moreAnswering the question “What is the value of R&D activity?”
The question that all R&D managers are asked is "What value will this activity generate for the company, its products and services?” In her paper Valerie Lynch explores the ways that this thorny question can be answered.
Read moreOpen Innovation between established and emerging bio-pharmaceuticals
In the UK, early stage bio-pharmaceutical companies gain enhanced patenting performance through Open Innovation in contrast to the established companies, which experienced challenges. This is one for the findings by Despoina Filiou and is contrary to the experience in...
Read moreNew models of corporate incubation create ‘engines of innovation’
To transform themselves into 'engines of innovation', established corporates are adopting powerful new models for engaging with startups, writes Tobias Weiblen and Henry Chesbrough in their paper "Engaging with Startups to Enhance Corporate Innovation" 2015 California Management Review
Read moreWhat motivates makers in open source hardware development?
"What motivates highly skilled people with closely related daily jobs to contribute to open source hardware projects, in their spare time?" ask researchers J. Piet Hausberg and Sebastian Spaeth
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