Connecting Problem Owners with Problem Solvers
A short training on how to leverage open innovation as a powerful tool for diverse actors of the ecosystem – notably incubators. This webinar will be: -Presenting open innovation: concept background, theoretical principles, objectives, illustrations. World Bank
Can the principles of crowdfunding work within an established worldwide corporation? Yes, they can. With the increasing popularity of platform as Kickstarter or Indiegogo, crowdfunding has attracted the interest of big companies, most of those able to capture innovation flow. Instead of going out to seek financing or new disruptive idea, IBM decided to use … Read moreGet Inspired by IBM’s Successful Open Innovation Internal Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is currently booming, and it appears as a valuable alternative to finance startups and SMEs. In this chapter, we advise scholars to study the relationship between crowdfunding and open innovation. On the one hand, under this new way of financing, firms receive money as well as feedbacks and suggestions from crowdfunding investors who pledge … Read moreCrowdfunding of SMEs and Startups: When Open Investing Follows Open Innovation