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The Business Case for Open Innovation

IdeaScale

Open innovation means better business. Making the business case for open innovation can be an uphill climb. Here are just a few reasons open innovation is for everyone. Any organization, however nimble it is, is only as innovative as the perspectives under its tent. New Perspectives and Ideas.

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Announcing the 4th Annual World Open Innovation Conference

IdeaConnection

Do you want to hear about the latest open innovation research? Are you keen to know more about how open innovation can help your business? If so, point your feet toward Silicon Valley, San Francisco this coming December for the 4th Annual World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC 2017).

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Companies betting big on open innovation

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Open innovation is the use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal innovation, and expand the markets for external use of innovation, respectively. The free flow, in and out, of ideas and IP promotes innovative ecosystems. Why does open innovation work?

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Technology Scouting Excellence 2017 Speaker Lineup

eZassi

Today we are excited to announce the speaker lineup for the Technology Scouting 2017 conference. The conference date is October 18 – 19, 2017 and will be held in Boston, MA. The speaker lineup includes: Denise Fletcher , Chief Innovation Officer. Ezassi (former Chief Innovation Officer, Xerox). Olga Patel , Sr.

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Open Innovation Boost to Glasgow’s Recycling Efforts

IdeaConnection

Glasgow City Council in Scotland is turning to open innovation for ideas on how to minimize waste and pollution through recycling and re-using materials. According to estimates more than three million people attended conferences and major sporting and cultural events in Glasgow in 2017. Visitor Numbers.

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How Europe is Innovating with Open Innovation

IdeaConnection

That is a massive multi-billion euro opportunity that could result in breakthrough innovations in all sorts of areas, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed in Europe. Key Open Innovation Objectives. The open innovation project is hoping to make a big impact by: Building lots of opportunities for small businesses.

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Open Innovation Search for Novel Smartphone Ideas

IdeaConnection

Calling all big thinkers, innovators and visionaries, ZTE USA want your smartphone ideas. The phone manufacturer has launched an open innovation contest called Project CSX inviting the crowd to come up with the company’s next mobile device, which will be launched onto the market next year. Contest Rules.