September 16, 2015
Successful Approaches to In/Out Licensing and Corporate Investing (joint session with FSPAN an NBDN) • Approaches to negotiating with small organizations • Types of frameworks • Good practices...
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September 15, 2015
Two ways to launch new technology offerings are to push technology forward to business and customers or to have business and market needs pull, i.e. seek out technology and product solutions. Very...
September 15, 2015
A discussion of global trends and drivers that may exert the greatest influence on how OI is conducted in the future, and provide hypotheses on the implications for OI over the next 10 years. Results...
January 11, 2016
Innovative organizations have long recognized the value of collaboration between well-matched partners. University and government labs can make particularly appealing partners, as they often have...
January 11, 2016
OVERVIEW: Young ventures can be highly interesting innovation partners for large firms. However, large firms frequently pursue collaborations with young ventures without a clear action plan,...
April 05, 2013
Join authors John Christiansen & Claus J. Vanes, department of operations management, Copenhagen Business School to discuss “ Improving Design with Open Innovation – A Flexible Management...
June 07, 2013
RTM editor-in-chief, Jim Euchner, argues that user innovation, as a radical form of open innovation, can challenge fundamental assumptions about the nature of business and the role of the business...
July 12, 2013
Learn how LEGO engaged with user communities to create new products. Authors Yun Mi Antorini and Albert M. Muniz, Jr. discuss “The Benefits and Challenges of Collaborating with User Communities,â€...
September 06, 2013
The assessment of early-stage technologies is a critical but often overlooked step common to R&D, new product development, and open innovation processes. Assessment processes are necessary for...
May 08, 2015
Jeff Cope, Senior Innovation Advisor , RTI International, and Andy Kintz, Senior Staff Scientist, Open Technology Innovation, LORD Corporation, discuss global trends and drivers that may exert the...
June 01, 2015
Listen to Dave McCann, VP of Amazon’s AWS Marketplace, discuss the importance of networking and what he sees as the bigger point to be made about its value during a panel discussion on “Democratizing...
May 25, 2011
The X PRIZE Model Erika Wagner, PhD, Senior Director, Exploration Prize Development, X PRIZE Foundation Learn how companies can use competitions to enhance their R&D portfolio and engage user...
May 08, 2012
Innovating Globally via Open Innovation Partnerships Ashish Chatterjee, Managing Director, Connect+Develop, Global Business Development, P&G Innovating for the global consumer would be easier if...
April 28, 2015
Accelerate an Open Community Movement Jonathan Kuniholm, President, Open Prosthetics Project How could we help the Open Prosthetics Project better encourage innovation in prosthetic arms or in orphan...
April 29, 2015
Extreme Customer Centricity for Research in Service Organizations: A TCS Approach K. Ananth Krishnan, Vice President & CTO, TATA Consultancy Service A service organization has the opportunity to...
October 20, 2015
Hack-a-Thon: How do you make the fastest minimum viable product to test with your customer group? In order to tackle the overarching topic of how R&D can best equip itself to compete with start-...