The problem of plastic: Open Innovation Forum tackles sustainable packaging
The OI Forum tackled the packaging challenge using a structured ‘Design Thinking’ approach to discover new solutions
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How inbound open innovation helps SMEs learn and improve: knowledge transfer from university to industry through direct coaching
This paper explores how coaching using University generated knowledge can be seen as a form of inbound organizational innovation that enables SMEs to improve their innovation activities.
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Promoting Innovation through Living Labs
Living labs offer a platform for companies to engage in open innovation activities with customers, to collect vital ideas, useful feedback, valuable user experiences, and new information,
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What skills do we need for Open Innovation?
To be successful an OI team needs around forty specific skills covering the four stages of OI – Want, Find, Get, Manage – these skills fall into four categories: introspective, extrospective, interactive and technical.
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Working with the best people is more important than employing them
Six things I have learnt about R&D management - Mark Richardson, former VP of Research and Technology at Smith & Nephew plc, shares his experiences.
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Hidden Champions: Small companies ride to the top in open innovation networks
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...
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