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Leveraging the Benefits of Open Innovation

IdeaScale

Open innovation is innovation where companies or organizations reach out to other companies, individuals, and the general public to create innovative products and services. Some open innovation partnerships include colleges and universities. R&D is expensive, but open innovation helps curtail the costs.

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Open innovation & crowdsourcing resources

Board of Innovation

Open innovation & crowdsourcing resources Open Innovation, crowdsourcing, co-creation… overlapping terminologies to describe a trend towards more open business models and a closer collaboration with customers. On this page we gather a list of inspiring examples.

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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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New Open Innovation Platform for European Farmers

IdeaConnection

Farmers in Europe are set to receive open innovation help for implementing climate-smart agriculture policies and practices. This week saw the launch of Agrisource, Europe’s first open innovation platform for climate-smart agriculture (CSA). Powerful Open Innovation Support.

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The critical differences in understanding Dynamic Ecosystems.

Paul Hobcraft

Environmental Factor: The ability to adapt quickly is often facilitated by open communication channels, collaborative decision-making, and agile organizational structures. Environmental Factor: Inclusivity is promoted through open collaboration platforms, events, and policies that facilitate the entry and engagement of diverse participants.

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Open innovation and Real-Time Mapping of Irma Flooding

IdeaConnection

Open innovation, social media and mobile technologies are rapidly changing the face of disaster preparation, response, relief and rescue. By pooling together information coming from so many people, open innovation can serve as a dynamic tool for emergency responders, the public and policy makers.

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Open Innovation Contests Drive Breakthroughs

IdeaConnection

Whether it’s coming up with novel ways that allow astronauts to poop safely in space, inventing life-saving medical devices or finding solutions to such complex problems as global warming, open innovation contests are powerful catalysts for groundbreaking advances. GE and Statoil Open Innovation Challenge.