Open Innovation in Five Lessons According to Xerox
The expression “open innovation”, coined by Henry Chesbrough in 2003, has become increasingly fashionable in Europe and large industrial groups are looking for ways to implement “open innovation”....
View ArticleOpen innovation and industrial secrets
We have seen the example of Apple and its iPhone, result of extensive collaborations with startups to produce a best-selling product. We are here in the very competitive sector of electronics products,...
View ArticleOpen Innovation, crowdsourcing and the rebirth of LEGO
There are 62 LEGO bricks per person in the world. The turnover of the Danish group has increased by 38% in 2008 to reach 182 million Euros. However, LEGO, having experienced the first loss in its...
View ArticleFrench Public Research is Not Wired for Innovation
At the Roundtable “SMEs: how to integrate advanced technologies, in partnership with public research” held at the “RDV Carnot” on May 5th and 6th in Lyon, Florin Paun, Deputy Director for Industrial...
View ArticleInnovation & Open Innovation at Schneider Electric
At the seminar “Innovation, convergence of approaches” co-organized by INOVA and Alma Consulting Group, Xavier Bonnaud, Innovation Manager of the “Services Industrie” Department at Schneider Electric,...
View ArticleOpen science
Michael Nielsen, we already spoke about in this blog, recently gave a very interesting talk at TEDx on “Open Science”. Why social network for researchers or scientists do not work and why this is a...
View ArticleThe Role of Innovation at a Global Level: The Case of Continental AG
At the Grenoble Innovation Fair, the first keynote speaker was Reiner Hoeger, Director Engineering Governance and head of innovation at Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG). Reiner gave a very...
View ArticleOpen Innovation – what’s behind the buzzword?
Yesterday (Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011), we were invited to by the Institute for Innovation and Competitiveness i7, the ESCP (Ecole Supérieur de Commerce de Paris) and Accenture who presented their...
View ArticleTrust within the (French) pact for competitiveness
“Promoting innovation and quality, entrepreneurship and risk-taking, breaking down barriers and working together, developing skills and (re)giving a taste for technical progress, opening new spaces...
View ArticlePresans invited to the Tuesdays of Innovation (video)
On February 26th 2013, Marc Giget invited Presans to the “Mardis de l’Innovation” to present its vision of the Open Innovation and crowdsourcing. (See video at the bottom of this post!) Les Mardis de...
View ArticleMagic & Innovation – Conference at Les Mardis de l’Innovation
On June 18th 2013, Marc Giget invited me (Albert Meige) to the “Mardis de l’Innovation” to give a non-serious conference on the theme “Magic & Innovation”. For the occasion, I also asked my friend...
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