Henry Chesbrough and Eric von Hippel promoted the idea of open innovation as a new paradigm for corporations to reach beyond their own walls as they develop and bring to market new products and services. The idea covered a number of channels for work and ideas, including customers, users and partners. One of the key hurdles becomes the tension between sharing and protecting the innovation to allow all participants to get a return for their investment. Ideas around open innovation share a lot with ideas of software production using FOSS licenses and collaborative development communities.
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The Flowering of Open Innovation
Posted by: Stephen R. Walli November 29, 2011 05:00 AMHenry Chesbrough and Eric von Hippel promoted the idea of open innovation as a new paradigm for corporations to reach beyond their own walls as they develop and bring to market new products and services. The idea covered a number of channels for work and ideas, including customers, users and partners. One of the key hurdles becomes the tension between sharing and protecting the innovation to allow all participants to get a return for their investment. Ideas around open innovation share a lot with ideas of software production using FOSS licenses and collaborative development communities.