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Open Innovation

Use of sources outside of the entity or group to generate, develop and implement ideas. In a world of widely distributed knowledge, where the boundaries between a firm and its environment have become more permeable, companies cannot afford to rely entirely on their own research and ideas to maintain a competitive advantage.

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Amazon Announces Kindle Worlds, Pays For Fanfiction
article Crowd Creativity, Open Innovation, Tools

Amazon announced on Wednesday that they would soon be launching a new service called Kindle Worlds, which would allow fanfiction authors to publish their works on the Kindle store and receive...

Seth WMay 24, 2013 02:05 pm GMT249 views
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Amazon Announces Kindle Worlds, Pays For Fanfiction
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Amazon Announces Kindle Worlds, Pays For Fanfiction
article Crowd Creativity, Open Innovation, Tools

Amazon announced on Wednesday that they would soon be launching a new service called Kindle Worlds, which would allow fanfiction authors to publish their works on the Kindle store and receive...

Seth WMay 24, 2013 02:05 pm GMT249 views
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Amazon Announces Kindle Worlds, Pays For Fanfiction
‘Unijam’ strikes mass chord at University of South Australia
article Open Innovation

“They were crowdsourcing ideas from 250,000 employees globally: it seemed such a sensible way to do it. I always wanted to try it so when the opportunity came up I jumped at it,” Professor Lloyd...

Harshida PatelMay 23, 2013 01:35 pm GMT274 views
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‘Unijam’ strikes mass chord at University of South Australia
GE Global Research Wins Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award for Development of Crowdsourcing Software Platform
document Open Innovation

“The ML100 Awards honors breakthrough technologies shaping the future of manufacturing, and GE’s successful demonstration of a cloud-based crowdsourcing platform shows how complex product design...

Benjamin FosselMay 23, 2013 12:05 pm GMT369 views
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GE Global Research Wins Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award for Development of Crowdsourcing Software Platform
Million Pound Startup
video Crowdfunding, Open Innovation

The Million Pound Startup aims to showcase London as a prime location for building global digital and technology businesses. Today the official start of the global competition went live at...

Jayne AnnMay 23, 2013 10:02 am GMT273 views
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Million Pound Startup
Million Pound Startup - London Launches Global Hunt for the Next £100 Million Technology Company to Come to London
document Open Innovation

The £1 million is being sourced through a combination of angel funding, institutional capital and equity crowdfunding. The FCA-regulated investment platform Seedrs is running the investment...

Jayne AnnMay 23, 2013 09:42 am GMT602 views
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Million Pound Startup - London Launches Global Hunt for the Next £100 Million Technology Company to Come to London
Nine Projects Selected in Second Cannes Lions & Gates Foundation Competition for Social Good
document Open Innovation

The Cannes Chimera Initiative, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, exists to harness great ideas for the good of the world. It is open to anyone from any discipline, from...

Claire MackayMay 22, 2013 12:15 pm GMT614 views
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Nine Projects Selected in Second Cannes Lions & Gates Foundation Competition for Social Good
Genius Crowds Closes Its Doors
Crowd Creativity, Open Innovation

The co-creation company Genius Crowds announced that it is shuttering its doors last week. We had a chance to speak with the company's cofounder and CEO CJ Kettler about what went wrong. 

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Anton RootMay 21, 2013 12:00 pm GMT824 views
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Hershey is Sweet on Open Innovation
article Open Innovation

Hershey’s Hopes for Open Innovation: Increase the number and impact of innovations Accelerate the speed to market for new ideas Innovate packaging and improve processes Expand...

Samuel BennettMay 21, 2013 07:38 am GMT283 views
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Hershey is Sweet on Open Innovation
Unilever Uses Crowdsourcing to Boost Sustainability
article Open Innovation

Unilever is to publish a progress report on its sustainability commitments a day ahead of the online event, which will be held on 25 April. The company will also publish the crowdsourcing results...

Jayne AnnMay 21, 2013 07:06 am GMT437 views
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Unilever Uses Crowdsourcing to Boost Sustainability
Idea Transformer
site Open Innovation / Idea Generation

Idea Transformer is an open innovation site, helping people to create fantastic ideas for new projects, teams, businesses and social enterprises. It takes the form of a Question/Answer community...

Archenette EvangelioMay 19, 2013 04:15 am GMT354 views
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Marblar
site Open Innovation / Idea Generation

Marblar is crowdsourcing applications for emerging and dormant technology. Marblar is a community that engages creative minds from around the world to chew on interesting science. Marblar...

Archenette EvangelioMay 18, 2013 11:51 am GMT738 views
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Marblar
How Collaboration and Open Innovation Builds Businesses and Industries
article Open Innovation

Moving from company-level team collaboration to industry-grade, business-to-business sharing can seem like a quantum leap for organizations unprepared to disclose strategic plans.-But it’s...

Luis Enrique MoralesMay 18, 2013 03:28 am GMT493 views
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How Collaboration and Open Innovation Builds Businesses and Industries
Can A Crowdsourcing Invention Company Become 'The Best Retailer In The World?'
article Open Innovation

Here’s how it works. Once a product is out of the chute, crowdsourcing site-Quirky sells it to retail partners at wholesale.Ten cents of every revenue dollar is held as a royalty for those who...

Rebecca GutierrezMay 17, 2013 01:22 pm GMT222 views
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Can A Crowdsourcing Invention Company Become 'The Best Retailer In The World?'
Crowdsourcing - Increase agility and reduce cost when building enterprise solutions
video Crowdfunding, Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

The rapid pace of technology development is not being matched by the IT skills in the workplace. Crowdsourcing can help you deliver the applications your customers and employees need without having...

Jason RobbinsMay 17, 2013 12:08 pm GMT195 views
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Crowdsourcing - Increase agility and reduce cost when building enterprise solutions
The world's smallest cell phone charger Fuel gets $81,329 via crowdfunding
article Crowd Creativity, Crowdfunding, Open Innovation

The Devotec Fuel Micro Charger is the smallest emergency phone charger, and its 220 milliAmp hour battery is designed to give you around 20-30 min extra talk time, or up to a few hours more...

Startup TankMay 17, 2013 05:29 am GMT594 views
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The world's smallest cell phone charger Fuel gets $81,329 via crowdfunding
Quirky's Crowdsourcing, JCPenney Logo Damage, Ipsos' Shelley Zalis (RBDR 5/15/2013)
video Open Innovation

1) Forbes' May 27th issue has a terrific feature on Quirky's a crowdsourcing firm focused on using its capabilities to become "the world's best retailer." 2) According to...

Jason RobbinsMay 17, 2013 02:11 am GMT510 views
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 Quirky's Crowdsourcing, JCPenney Logo Damage, Ipsos' Shelley Zalis (RBDR 5/15/2013)
Solar Conduction Dryer Wins Grand Prize in 2013 Dell Social Innovation Challenge
document Open Innovation

Solar Conduction Dryer aims to address the 20 to 30 percent food spoilage rate for poor rural Indian farmers,via cost-effective dehydrators powered by solar conduction.The innovation will enable...

Pablo BracciniMay 16, 2013 12:50 pm GMT555 views
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Solar Conduction Dryer Wins Grand Prize in 2013 Dell Social Innovation Challenge
Dell Inc. : Solar Conduction Dryer Wins Grand Prize in 2013 Dell Social Innovation Challenge
article Open Innovation, Tools

Citizen Power, a German team, is building a peer-to-peer online social platform for crowdsourcing urban solar installations. SOURCE LINK to the full article:...

Claire MackayMay 16, 2013 05:16 am GMT550 views
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Dell Inc. : Solar Conduction Dryer Wins Grand Prize in 2013 Dell Social Innovation Challenge
Fertile Ground for the Ideation Seed
article Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation, Tools

Depending on the people involved, their motivations, and the phase of the moon, you may or may not find fertile ground for the practice of collaborative innovation. In this article innovation...

Doug CollinsMay 15, 2013 04:34 am GMT442 views
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Fertile Ground for the Ideation Seed
Deloitte, XPRIZE and Singularity University Form Alliance and Launch the Innovation Partnership Program
document Open Innovation

The announcement was made jointly by Dr. Peter H. Diamandis , chairman and chief executive officer of XPRIZE and executive chairman of Singularity University; Rob Nail , associate founder and...

Fiona MaresMay 14, 2013 12:57 pm GMT955 views
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Deloitte, XPRIZE and Singularity University Form Alliance and Launch the Innovation Partnership Program
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