Course: Openness in Science and Innovation

The “youngest” among the three introduced Open Innovation methods is Technology Competence Leveraging (Keinz & Prügl, 2010): Aim: Finding new application fields and expanding commercialization opportunities for existing technologies (40% …

As you could see in the previous examples, Open Innovation is a great resource for lots of different challenges and projects. Now it is time for a systematic overview. Open …

Implementation of Open Innovation at Palfinger Open Innovation is common in start-ups, many projects are problem-driven instead of technology/solution-driven. For an established corporation like crane manufacturer Palfinger, the classic R&D …

STRUCINSPECT venture, as an outcome example from Palfinger 21st, is a consortium with external stakeholders who developed a software as a service approach to do structural inspections in a different …

Before we dig into the details of the three Open Innovation methods we have chosen for this module, it is important that we discuss some differentiating factors that can be …

The first method we want to introduce is the Lead User Method (Von Hippel, 1986). It consists of two steps: Lead user search & identification Lead user workshop Aim: Finding …

This is probably a method you have already heard about: Crowdsourcing (Howe, 2006). There are 2 types that follow the same mechanisms, but are based on very different targets: Solution …

Open Innovation is a buzzword today, but it can be ambiguous and used quite loosely; it is important that you properly understand the ideas behind it. Therefore, we want to …

Openness is not about simply being open and sharing everything. Openness in the context of knowledge production is a very targeted approach, including sometimes even closed episodes and aiming at …

Innovation is not merely about inventing something new. Please memorize the following 3 definitions of innovation: Innovation is the use of new knowledge to offer a new product or service …

The goal of this week is to introduce you to the topics and terminologies of Open Science, how Open Science is understood, why it is discussed, and what it’s current …