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Open Innovation Resource Center

Open innovation is the practice of looking beyond the four walls of your company - to suppliers, universities, producers of complementary products and services, and other firms - to identify and capitalize on new opportunities for innovation. It's the hottest trend in innovation today.

This open innovation resource center contains a valuable collection of the best articles, websites, books and other resources on this important topic.

If you're looking for something in particular and you don't see it here, please send us a message and tell us what you're trying to find. We'll do our best to uncover it for you!

   

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RECENT OPEN INNOVATION BLOG POSTS


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OPEN INNOVATION RESOURCES

15inno Blog - Stefan Lindegaard
Stefan Lindegaard is one of the most prolific and insightful authors writing about open innovation today. His blog is highly recommended.

Crowdsourcing Blog - Jeff Howe
Jeff Howe is a contributing editor to Wired Magazine, and invented term "crowdsourcing" in 2006 to describe the practice of inviting the public to contribute ideas to your company via an open call.

The basics of open innovation
This article by Jeffrey Baumgartner is an informative overview of open innovation

Are you ready for open innovation
This article by Michael Dalton is another good backgrounder on this growing innovation trend

Collaborate to innovate: How leading firms use open innovation
Many CEOs see collaboration as key to their success with innovation. They know they cannot achieve their innovation targets using internal resources alone. So they look outside for other organizations to partner with. Paul Sloane explores a number of examples of open innovation in action.

Open innovation Linkedin group
This active group is an excellent place to ask questions, get answers or just monitor the flow of conversations about open innovation and crowdsourcing.

Open Innovation: Facts, Figures & Future
To make the most of open innovation, companies should integrate it into all stages of activity, from early-stage product ideation and R&D to late-stage marketing and sales. Companies will realize the greatest benefit by maximizing open innovation in all stages of business activity. This expansion of scope calls for more strategic thought on how innovation networks are built and how they function, according to NERAC, an EU agency.

   

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