The “godfather” of the open innovation approach, Prof. Henry W. Chesbrough, made companies an offer that they could not refuse: fling the doors of your R&D centers wide open to become more competitive ...

Writing in the Financial Times, Louise Lucas discusses how "open innovation"--the concept of corporations partnering with outside engineers and designers to develop new products-- has evolved since ...

There are few organizations that don’t wish to innovate, but whilst most aspire to develop creative new products, services and processes, the evidence is mixed as to their ability to do so ...

Innovation supercharges growth, creates or reinvents categories, forms new business models, and enhances productivity. But barriers to innovation abound, and many companies struggle to systematize ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern business, the pressure to innovate is relentless. Organizations are constantly pushed to develop state-of-the-art products, services, and business models that ...

"We recognize that we don't know everything," explains Nanako Mura, associate program director, open innovation, at Kraft Foods. Indeed, recognizing that expertise exists outside of Kraft's core ...

Innovation is not about creating something entirely new; it’s about transforming existing products into a unique solution to address a real-world problem. Process innovation cannot be achieved unless ...

1 See Satish Nambisan, “Platforms for Collaboration,” Stanford Social Innovation Review, vol. 7, no. 3, 2009, and John Kania and Mark Kramer, “Collective Impact ...

Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently launched its ‘Open Innovation’ strategy which is designed to accelerate next-generation technology and sustainability. The creation of this strategy aims to ...