Ten ways to design successful corporate startup collaborations
Corporate accelerators provide a unique platform for longterm growth and renewal; offering mutual benefits for corporations and startups, argues Thomas Kohler. He identifies 10 characteristics of successful corporate accelerators.
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 moreReinventing supplier innovation relationships – nine key findings
Nine best practices that have been shown to help members of the Industrial Research Institute bring innovation to market are discussed in the paper Reinventing Supplier Innovation Relationships.
Read moreHow do companies deal with potentially disruptive technologies?
Within Fraunhofer disruption field study, companies were asked about how they manage potentially disruptive technologies at different stages from identification, through development to implementation – in comparison to other technologies.
Read moreIncreasing chances of success for science-based university spinoffs
What makes some scientists successful entrepreneurs? To discover the magic ingredient, researchers investigated the companies established by Professor Robert Langer, a star scientist-entrepreneur. The paper, to be presented at the R&D Management Symposium, looks at the pre-formulation stage of...
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