Forces of change: Industry 4.0

Posted at 8 January 2018 in Innovation ecosystems

We’re in the middle of a fourth Industrial Revolution—and this one goes far beyond manufacturing. Smart, connected technologies are transforming how parts and products are designed, made, used, and maintained. And by ushering in a digital reality, they are transforming organizations themselves. Mark Cotteleer, Brenna Sniderman in Deloitte Insights explore some key insights that can enable business leaders to visualize the ways in which the Fourth Industrial Revolution could affect their worlds.

ITS Market Watch: Valuable insights from 4 case studies across Europe

Posted at 9 November 2017 in Innovation ecosystems, Intelligent Cities / Smart Cities

The market for ‘Intelligent Transport Systems’ (ITS) is changing rapidly: topics like urbanisation, sustainability and digitalisation are changing the environment as well as the near future. Despite the investments in technology development and feasibility demonstrations, the systematic market penetration of ITS applications remains a major challenge.

The Barcelona Startup Ecosystem Report

Posted at 30 October 2017 in Innovation ecosystems

The Barcelona Startup Ecosystem Report, published from Startup Genome, analyzes the city’s ecosystem evolution, its strengths and assets, and what actions can be taken to really accelerate growth. The case of Barcelona holds significant lessons for cities and regions around the world as the city’s startup ecosystem has been gaining momentum over the last several years.

33 Routes to Open Innovation: routes and infographics by Jan Spruijt

Posted at 30 October 2017 in Business Models, Collaborative Innovation, Innovation ecosystems, Innovation Strategies

It has been a while since Henry Chesbrough coined the term Open Innovation and formulated it’s definition: “combining internal and external ideas as well as internal and external paths to market to advance the development of new technologies.” (Chesbrough, 2003). In the course of time, the terminology surrounding Open Innovation has evolved alongside developments in management literature and practises. Open Innovation as a paradigm on itself is on its quest to touch base. Rather than taking a (technical) process-oriented approach, Open Innovation is now also about Open Business Models

Arloesiadur: An innovation dashboard for Wales

Posted at 22 October 2017 in Innovation ecosystems

Arloesiadur (innovation directory in Welsh) is a website that maps innovation in Wales, developed in a collaboration between Nesta and Welsh Government. It is a collection of interactive data visualisations and open datasets about industrial, tech networking and research activity in Wales. You can use these visualisations to answer big questions about Wales’ industrial and research strengths, its collaboration networks and future economic opportunities. All this information can help develop policies that strengthen innovation in Wales, and improve its economic future.

Proceedings of DSCIM 2017

Posted at 9 October 2017 in Innovation, Innovation ecosystems, Innovation Measurement, Innovation Strategies, Innovative Cities & Regions

DSCIM – 1st Doctoral Students Conference on Innovation Management, was held in October 4-6 2017 in Novi Sad, Serbia, bringing together students from different countries and from different perspectives, who do their doctoral research in this exciting field. This event connected these students with practitioners and industry, so that a synergy effect can be made to spark further collaborations.

The Urban Resilience Summit lecture videos

Posted at 25 July 2017 in Cities, Collaborative Innovation, Collective Intelligence, Innovation, Innovation ecosystems, Innovation Strategies, Innovative Cities & Regions, Knowledge Economy

This week, nearly 500 urban resilience leaders from cities around the world, including 80 Chief Resilience Officers, are gathering in New York City to share ideas and innovations from their cities, collaborate on new solutions, explore New York as a living laboratory for urban resilience, and to together chart the course of the movement. Here is the programme and links to video lectures (from 100ResilientCities)