Interview with Henry Chesbrough: innovating innovation

Purpose - Ask an expert to describe an innovation system that enables companies to successfully advance valuable technologies that fit their current business model - and those that do not fit it.Design methodology approach - Strategy & Leadership interviewed Henry Chesbrough author of Open Innov...

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Published in:Strategy & leadership 2005, Vol.33 (1), p.19-24
Main Author: Allio, Robert J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business development
Business models
Chesbrough, Henry
Creativity
Innovation
Innovations
Inventors
Laboratories
Leadership
Organization development
Product life cycle
R&D
Research & development
Strategic management
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Summary:Purpose - Ask an expert to describe an innovation system that enables companies to successfully advance valuable technologies that fit their current business model - and those that do not fit it.Design methodology approach - Strategy & Leadership interviewed Henry Chesbrough author of Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology (Harvard Business School Press, 2003). His book is based on numerous research projects he conducted.Findings - He developed an open innovation model based on the observation that great inventions can come from both inside and outside the company and should then be commercialized both using the current business model and with alternative business models.Research limitations implications - Case studies are needed. Tools are needed for bringing the customer into the open innovation process.Practical implications - Corporate leaders should review and consider the open innovation model as one approach in their search for new growth businesses.Original value - Open innovation is a radical approach to business growth that is being pioneered by a number of cutting edge firms.
ISSN:1087-8572
1758-9568
DOI:10.1108/10878570510572617