Please consider submitting your extended abstracts to Track P51 - " Reviving the relevance of Open Innovation in an era of platforms, ecosystems and digitalization" at the R&D Management Conference 2024, scheduled for 17-19 June 2024 at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Deadline: February 14, 2024.
For further detail: R&D Stockholm - Call for Abstracts
Name and contact details of the track convenors:
Krithika Randhawa, Email: A krithika.randhawa@sydney.edu.au
Associate Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Business School @ the University of Sydney, Australia
Fredrik Tell, Email: fredrik.tell@fek.uu.se
Professor and Chair in Business Studies
Uppsala University.
Wim Vanhaverbeke, Email: wim.vanhaverbeke@uantwerpen.be
Professor Digital Strategy and Transformation
University of Antwerp
Track P51 - Reviving the relevance of Open Innovation in an era of platforms, ecosystems and digitalization
20 years ago, Henry Chesbrough introduced the concept of open innovation. Since then the topic has proliferated in both R&D practice and academic research communities. The open innovation agenda pointed to, among other things, aspects of modularity, connectedness and interdependencies of technological architectures in relation to strategic and operational R&D management considerations for entrepreneurial, corporate and policy activities. At the same time, technology has not stood still during two decades. In recent years, the business landscape has witnessed a transformative shift characterized by the rise of platforms, the emergence of ecosystems, and the pervasive influence of digitalization. Such transitions have profound implications for the practice of R&D Management, particularly in the context of open innovation. In this theme, we seek to foster a comprehensive understanding of how open innovation can adapt, thrive, and drive value creation amid the dynamic forces of platforms, ecosystems, and digitalization.
Topics of interest for this track include, but are not limited to:
- Open Innovation in platform-based economies: Examining the role of open innovation in platforms and understanding its impact on business models.
- Strategies for leveraging platform ecosystems to enhance open innovation practices.
- Ecosystem dynamics and Open Innovation: Exploring the interplay between innovation ecosystems and open innovation processes.
- Digitalization and Open Innovation: Assessing the influence of digital technologies and platforms on open innovation strategies.
- Open Innovation and R&D Strategy: Examining the challenges and opportunities of aligning open innovation with strategic objectives.
- Collaborative models and partnerships: Assessing the role of cross-industry collaborations in driving open innovation in platform industries and innovation ecosystems.
- Open Innovation metrics and evaluation: Developing metrics to measure the effectiveness of open innovation initiatives during digital transformation.
- Managing and navigating Open innovation initiatives and projects in digital platform and ecosystems settings.
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Wim Vanhaverbeke
Full Professor
University of Antwerpen
Lubbeek
+32 1662 3663
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