Earlier this week, ABN AMRO, released a report on Open Innovation, titled “Teaming up on Open Innovation: art or science?”. Although solely released for the food sector, it explores Open Innovation theory from a new and interesting perspective. The report is authored by prof. dr. Omta (University of Wageningen), dr. Fortuin (Food Valley) and drs. Dijkman (ABN AMRO). The core of the article consists of 5 key elements: the critical

Connect and Develop: Inside Procter & Gamble’s New Model for Innovation (Larry Hurston & Nabil Sakkab)   Procter & Gamble has operated one of the greatest research and development operations in corporate history. But as the company grew to a $70 billion enterprise, the global innovation model it devised in the 1980s was not up to the task. CEO A. G. Lafley decided to broaden the horizon by looking at

(Michael Doherty) First it was phase-gates, then portfolio management. Now “open” models of innovation are the next major wave in helping companies to take innovation and Product Development to the next level. In this article, the author provides an overview of the principles of open and collaborative innovation, as well as best practices for successfully implementing them in your own company

(W. Maijers, L. Vokurka, R. van Uffelen & P. Ravensbergen ) In recent years the Dutch glasshouse horticulture cluster has undergone major changes within the development fields: market, society and technology. Traditionally the cluster has been supported by a powerful triptych of research, information and education. The removal of this triptych in the early 90′s gave rise to the question of what is the most suitable knowledge & innovation network

John Hagel describes in this article the concept of “Creation Nets”. These innovation networks are coordinated by a network orchestrator. Also called ‘strategic centres’, these gatekeepers facilitate knowledge sharing among network members and define governance processes as to minimize free riding in the network. Hence, they coordinate dispute solving and provide guidelines for cooperative behaviour. http://www.johnhagel.com/creationnets.pdf