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Book SynopsisAcclaimed entrepreneurship and innovation scholar Piero Formica, along with a strong and diverse cast of international contributors, explore the world of Open Innovation in this volume. Tackling new developments in the field, the authors examine altruism and the role of openness to unorthodox and unconventional experimentation as the newest arena to create modern knowledge resources and entrepreneurial ventures.
Trade ReviewContributors from business and economics describe theories and practices of open innovation and how they could lead to an economic system different from that under the each-against-all model. Their topics are in search of the origin of an open innovation culture; the culture of open innovation as a new Twilight Zone; sharing, giving, and taking: enabling citizen entrepreneurship; the evolution of businesses: a Darwinian metaphor; the state of the art of open innovation culture; connecting the dots: from clusters to ecosystems; citizen outsourcing; and creating and enabling ecosystems for open innovation: challenges and how to cope with them. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements;
Piero Formica and Martin Curley Preface;
Fabrizio GalimbertiChapter 1. In search of the origin of an open innovation culture;
Piero Formica and Martin Curley Chapter 2. The culture of open innovation - a new Twilight Zone?;
Leif Edvinsson Chapter 3. Sharing, giving and taking: Enabling citizen entrepreneurship;
Jay Mitra Chapter 4. The evolution of businesses: A Darwinian metaphor;
Vincenzo Nicolò Chapter 5. The state of the art of open innovation culture;
Diego Matricano Chapter 6. Connecting dots: From clusters to ecosystems;
Bror Salmelin Chapter 7. Citizen crowdsourcing: 'Ask not what your country can do for you…';
Peter Robbins Chapter 8. Creating and enabling ecosystems for open innovation: Challenges and how to overcome them;
Edna Pasher, Otthein Herzog, Mor Harir, Yaara Turjeman and Wu Zhiqiang Index of names
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