New Ways In Innovation Processes: Open Innovation (original) (raw)

Living Labs as Tools for Open Innovation

2009

This paper presents a Living Lab in Stockholm as a focal point for discussing how the Living Lab concept can be extended and used for engaging in multiorganizational open innovation. Although Living Labs have been found to have potential for driving innovation through collaboration, more research is necessary to find tangible ways of organizing this kind of collaboration. The paper is explorative and empirically induced from an ongoing development and practical implementation of a Living Lab at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport -Sweden's largest airport situated outside Stockholm. This Airport Living Lab involves a number of large industrial and academic stakeholders aiming at ensuring multi-organizational innovation delivery. Of special interest is how the Living Lab concept should evolve to continue creating conditions for user-oriented innovations through multi-organizational collaboration which would not necessarily take place otherwise. Congruent with the explorative aim of the paper it ends up in a discussion about five propositions that should be on the agenda of research and implementation for Living Lab founders in the coming years.

Analysis of the state of the art of open innovation: Practical implications in engineering

The article aims to describe, identify and classify application forms for Open Innovation, delivering specific cases for its justification. The methodology consisted of a critical review of the main theoretical fundamentals presented in the statement about art, the concept of Open Innovation, its evolution and application. The concept of Open Innovation and its implementation is a matter that occurs in practice, where methodologies have not been determined to define the application mechanism that best suits the organization. The document has four sections. The first discusses the evolution of the concept of Open Innovation. The second classifies this concept, then in the third we present specific application fields and its main mechanisms or application tools, application examples and at the end of the last section findings and input on prospective studies are delivered.

A New Step-by-Step Model for Implementing Open Innovation

Sustainability

Open innovation has been found to have many benefits and tangible results for those who partake in it. This study aims to showcase the importance of open innovation, and through a theoretical example present how an organization (university, research center, company, firm, etc.) can take action to implement open innovation guidelines. In this paper, firstly, a demonstration showing how open innovation can work with multiple partners is shown. Secondly, a model is presented that shows the steps an organization must follow to successfully implement open innovation. This model covers the introduction of an organization to open innovation from the initial interest to the implementation of the final product. Several success stories are also presented to demonstrate how these steps have been used by major organizations during several collaborations as well as the results produced from implementing open innovation.

Experiential open innovation and co-creation

The purpose of this text is to analyse the concept of open innovation. After a brief description, the document shows the effects and value which an open innovation approach might have for organizations, their business models, strategies and processes. Furthermore, the report illustrates the challenges faced by firms in opening up their innovation in terms of time and resources required to engage. The information provided within this essay is based on relevant literature and on my personal participation (see Appendix) in an online open innovation platform (namely OpenIDEO).

From innovation networks to open innovation communities: Co-creating value with customers and users

Customer-centric open innovation is increasingly evident in the creation and management of innovation. The traditional perspective to managing innovation networks is based on various project management models. However, the shift from projects to processes in innovation development along with customer-centric open innovation communities brings new challenges and the traditional view becomes insufficient. An open innovation environment such as the living lab suggests that the objectives of the development work are undefined and under constant change, as opposed to the conventional thinking. Moreover, customers and users are co-creators of value, who need to be encouraged to interact via facilitative methods and group work tools, instead of control and command. In sum, managing innovation in open communities should address the importance of users and calls for more flexibility.

A Review of Technologies for Open Innovation: Characteristics and Future Trends

2010

Fuelled by increased interest among organizations to team up with their customers, technologies for supporting open innovation are emerging. In this paper, we explore how current technologies are designed to support open innovation, in order to envision future developments and research challenges. A sample of 51 systems has been classified. Surprisingly, we found that most technologies for open innovation are not very innovative because they provide similar features.