Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm [Hardcover]

Henry Chesbrough (Editor), Wim Vanhaverbeke (Editor), Joel West (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 12, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0199290725 | ISBN-13: 978-0199290727

This collection investigates the phenomenon of "Open Innovation,", in which firms draw on research and development that may lie outside their own boundaries. The book's contributors link the practice of innovation to the established body of innovation rsearch, showing what's new and what's familiar in the process. Looking in depth at a process recently adopted by such leading firms as Intel and Cisco, this book will lead the intellectual debate in an increasingly important area.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`From large organisations seeking to develop open innovation as a capability through to universities and IP organisations seeking to act as catalysts for open innovation and then onto networks to enable the connections, this is a thorough review of most of the drivers on the topic. Linking current practice to innovation research, this shows what is new, what is not and provides theoretical frameworks for the use and limitations of open innovation. Although clearly written for the academic community, this is a useful source of reference for many of those in multiple organisations seeking to take advantage of open innovation opportunities. ' Innovation Update

About the Author

Henry Chesbrough is at Executive Director, Center for Open Innovation, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Wim Vanhaverbeke is at Associate Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 392 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (October 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199290725
• ISBN-13: 978-0199290727
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1 x 9.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,365,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars For academics March 19, 2011

By Jackal

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This edited volume must be the result of some academic conference, now almost ten years ago. It deals with Open Innovation (Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating And Profiting from Technology) mostly from a research perspective. So this book is really aimed at researchers. By reading this book you get a feel for the different kind of research that is done in this area. Most of it fall under management of technology/innovation as opposed to product development (if you're familiar with that academic distinction). I normally don't like edited volumes at all, but in this case I can make an exception. Probably because this is a new field of inquiry.