open innovation

Innovation has been described as "the process that taps into latent demand". Increasingly Companies, perhaps led by Procter and Gamble, have realised that there are more ideas outside the Company than within and are now embracing Open Innovation. 

The Personal Care Programme is regularly in touch
with a number of leading Companies. These include:

GSK innovation.gsk.com/gsk/ctx/noauth/PortalHome.do
Boots www.bootsinnovation.com
Reckitt Benckiser www.rb-idealink.com
Proctor & Gamble secure3.verticali.net/pg-connection-portal/ctx/noauth/PortalHome.do
 
We also have strong personal contacts which allow us to add value and speed up routes to market for innovative Personal Care companies. Increasingly the PCP is adopting the role of a knowledge broker.

Some useful links include:

www.openinnovation.net
The site is maintained by Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West as an Internet repository for all things related to open innovation.

www.openinnovation.eu
Intends to contribute to the development and knowledge diffusion of the concept of open innovation in the European business community.

www.innovationtools.com
Web site designed to help busy executives to be more innovative in their businesses.

www.businessinnovationfactory.com
Community of innovators collaborating to explore and test better ways to deliver value. (US)

www.innovation.corante.com
Corante Innovation hub - starting point for keeping abreast of the best writing and thinking on innovation.

http://www.openinnovators.net
Open Innovators covers the latest trends on open innovation and crowd sourcing, providing inspiration and practical insights to business leaders and entrepreneurs.
This has led to the growth of a number of facilitators and intermediaries in the field:-
Open Innovation Players (facilitators, intermediaries, consultancies etc.)

www.innocentive.com
Web-based community matching top scientists to relevant R&D challenges facing leading companies from around the globe.

www.ninesigma.net
Provides services, information, and software to help organizations improve their innovation sourcing processes and enhance the capabilities of their innovation management.

www.yet2.com/app/about/home
Yet2.com brings buyers and sellers of technologies together via the Web so that all parties maximize the return on their investments.

www.innovation-point.com
A non-traditional management consulting firm focused on Strategic Innovation.

Innovation.net

Practical advice for senior business leaders on implementing 'open innovation' business models, including collaborative development, technology sourcing and corporate venturing.

www.innosight.com
Clayton Christensen's consultancy.

centrim.mis.brighton.ac.uk/business
University of Brighton's CENTRIM offers business support services.

www.europe-innova.org
Europe INNOVA is an initiative for innovation professionals supported by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme. Europe INNOVA aspires to inform, assist, mobilise and network the key stakeholders in the field of entrepreneurial innovation, including firm managers, policy makers, cluster managers, investors and relevant associations.

www.improve-innovation.eu

IMP³rove aims to provide innovation facilitators with new and better tools to consult enterprises on innovation management issues. The project activities will support innovative enterprises, innovation intermediaries and financial as well as policy actors.

www.innovationrelay.net
Innovation Relay Centres facilitate the transfer of innovative technologies to and from European companies or research departments.

www.connect2ideas.com
Connect 2 Ideas is managed by a unique Project Consortium led by RTC North, UK and comprising major multinational Procter & Gamble together with leading TT support organisations Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Germany, Meta Group, Italy and the City of Ljubljana in association with Technology Park Ljubljana, Slovenia.

www.innovation.gov.uk/lambertagreements

A toolkit for universities and companies wishing to undertake collaborative research projects.

www.innovations-gm.com

Innovations Global Marketing Pty Ltd
A multilingual portal to promote and market innovations and innovate business ideas globally.

www.nerac.com

A research and advisory firm for companies developing innovative products and technologies.

www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com

 

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