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One aspect that differentiates Open Innovation from other innovation management approaches is the emergence of innovation intermediaries. While we observed the involvement of intermediary actors in situations such as technology alliances, we now see these intermediaries taking part in the

It is often lamented that small and mid-sized companies show greater deficits in the implementation of Industry 4.0 compared to big companies. We wanted to know if this impression is correct or not: we examined the relationship between different firm-specific

We can all agree that open source revolutionized the software industry. The effect has been profound on every segment from enterprise software to search and social networking. But it wasn’t always that way.  The late Jim Ready, founding father of

We all know that innovation is difficult. OPENiSME focus is on improving the match between SMEs and Experts, as “bad matches” are the main reason why collaboration between small companies and researchers fail. However, there are several other factors that

OPENISME (Open Innovation Platform for Innovative SMEs – www.openisme.eu), co-funded project by the CIP Programme of the European Union, helps SMEs in finding qualified scientific experts for their innovation needs, solving the long-standing problem of matching the right skills to

The past couple of years have seen the concept of open innovation evolve in specific ways. With aspects like collaborative innovation being born today, enterprises have adopted these new trends and taken full advantage of them. Since ancient times, man

The report (drawn up by FLA – Lombardy Foundation for the Environment) wants to highlight the role that the social and environmental dimensions of innovation may deliver to the Open Alps project. It shows three experiences developed on three distinct

The demand for innovation is becoming increasingly pressing and is accelerating… paving the way for SME open innovation We observe that even on the historical offer-driven markets as consumer electronics, the demand side is now imposing the pace, not the

Xerox Realbusiness blog published a stunning article on the Open Innovation ROI in medical science. They relate how the Harvard Medical School (HMS) used Open Innovation and a developpers’ contest to dramatically improve gene sequencing performance. The MegaBLAST algorithm from the National