Healthcare in the age of open innovation – A literature review

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie Wass ◽  
Vivian Vimarlund
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Patient Empowerment ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Innovation Networks ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Healthcare Data

Background: In spite of an increased interest in open innovation and strategies that call for an increased collaboration between different healthcare actors, there is a lack of open innovation research in public contexts. Objective: This article presents the results of a review regarding the healthcare sector’s engagement in open innovation as well as constraining factors and positive outcomes of open innovation in healthcare. Method: The literature search focused on papers published in English between 2003 and 2014. Based on specified inclusion criteria, 18 articles were included. Results: Results reveal that most studies focus on inbound open innovation where external knowledge is integrated with the internal knowledge base at an initial phase of the innovation process. Innovation primarily results in products and services through innovation networks. We also identified constraining factors for open innovation in healthcare, including the complex organizations of healthcare, the need to establish routines for capturing knowledge from patients and clinicians, regulations and healthcare data laws as well as the positive outcome patient empowerment. Conclusion: The healthcare sector’s engagement in open innovation is limited, and it is necessary to perform further research with a focus on how open innovation can be managed in healthcare.

MAPPING THE PERCEPTION AND REALITY OF OPEN INNOVATION

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (06) ◽  
pp. 1340016 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUSTYNA DĄBROWSKA ◽  
IRINA FIEGENBAUM ◽  
ANTERO KUTVONEN
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Current State ◽  
Business Practitioners ◽  
The Right ◽  
Innovation Practices ◽  
Innovation Processes

Open innovation holds great potential for improving the efficiency of companies' innovation processes, but also presents substantial risks. A key issue in innovation management is finding the right balance of openness, i.e., determining how open companies should be in their innovation activities. However, academics and business practitioners hold conflicting notions of what constitutes open innovation practice and of how "open innovation companies" are defined. In this paper, we present three in-depth case studies of global R&D-intensive companies, where we find that the firms' perception of their openness differs from their actual situation (as determined by the innovation practices that they apply), and that each company has a different view as to what constitutes open innovation. We claim that resolving conceptual ambiguity and differentiating between openness (as a philosophical aspect) and open innovation (as a way of structuring the innovation process) in research is critical in order to clarify the current state of open innovation research and enable the communication of results to practitioners.

scholarly journals The System Thinking Perspective in the Open-Innovation Research: A Systematic Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Tani ◽  
Ornella Papaluca ◽  
Pasquale Sasso
Keyword(s):  
Complex Adaptive Systems ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
New Products ◽  
System Thinking ◽  
Innovation Networks ◽  
Innovation Studies ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Static Heterogeneity

The new logics of competitions are mostly based on exploiting relationships to implement new mechanisms in managing Knowledge. Today, a successful company should be, lean, modular, and with a smart approach to new products development. In this context, the source of competitive advantage cannot be found into a static heterogeneity of resources, but companies must be able to create and manage a dynamic competitive process to continuously reinvent their products/services and to re-combine their resources with their partners’ ones. A paradigm for this behavior is the Open Innovation one, as created by Chesbrough. According to the rules of this paradigm, companies have to acknowledge that they operate in a network of relationships, they must be open to cooperate with their external partners, and they must not try to limit their actions in reaching only for some pre-defined result. So, Open Innovation Networks appear to be similar to those described by the scholars in the Complex Adaptive Systems field where the actions of the system, and of its parts, are the result of the various actors’ interactions in an emergent way. In this paper, we use a Systematic Literature Review approach to explore how the main topics in the System Thinking Perspective, and in particular, those related to Complex Systems, are linked to the Open Innovation studies.

What influences the innovation environment in BPO companies?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuel Soares Ponciano ◽  
Creusa Sayuri Tahara Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Supplementary Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the factors that form the innovation environment in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, from a case study in a Brazilian multinational company operating in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and BPO segment.Design/methodology/approachMinnesota Innovation Research Program (MIRP) questionnaire was adopted, aimed to environment conducive to innovation. It was applied to a sample of employees, from different hierarchical levels, who participated in an innovation training program developed and implemented by the organization. The data were analyzed to verify, in a simplified initial diagnosis, the influence of internal and external factors defined by MIRP in the company's innovation process.FindingsInnovation management process focuses predominantly on processes (71.4% of occurrences). As impact of the factors: results (88.9%), autonomy (76.3%), leadership (74.9%), resources (74.6%), internal relationship of the innovation group (73.1%), formalization (68.4%), processes (64.5%), relationship effectiveness (63.7%), external relationship of the innovation group (63.2%) and dependence on external resources (52.6%). There was confirmation that the innovation program of company is effective and that the culture of innovation is institutionalized.Research limitations/implicationsA crossing of supplementary information could reveal some significant difference in the perception of the innovative culture and performance of the innovation processes between distinguished profiles.Practical implicationsBetter guidance for management of ICT/BPO companies in an Open Innovation paradigm.Social implicationsBetter relationship among the actors of an Open Innovation industry arrangement.Originality/valueImprovement of the innovation process can occur through a greater focus on Open Innovation.

Clusters and communities: raising the bar towards open innovation 2.0 paradigms

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Tamburis ◽  
Isabella Bonacci
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Great Part ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Innovation Networks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Combination Approach ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The growing success of open innovation practices in many firms raises the question of whether such principles can be transferred for reinventing public sector organisations. A paradigm based on principles of integrated collaboration, co-created shared value, cultivated innovation ecosystems, unleashed exponential technologies and extraordinarily rapid adoption is the so-called Open Innovation 2.0. The development of this approach reflects the perception that the innovation process has evolved. This study aims to explore new ways to study healthcare networks as key tool for innovation creation and spreading, by deploying the emergent paradigm of Open Innovation 2.0. Design/methodology/approach The study investigates the impact of clusters, or localised networks, involving industrial, academic and institutional players, in the (bio)pharmaceutical setting; the aim is to enrich the line of inquiry into cluster-based innovation by applying a social network analysis (SNA) methodology, with the aim to provide new perspectives for recognising how the set of interactions and relationships in the (bio)pharmaceutical context can lead to higher levels of knowledge transfer, organisational learning and innovation spreading. Findings Starting from the top ten (bio)pharmaceutical companies, and the top ten contract research organisations (CROs), the study helps understand that: the combination of the single big pharma company and the CROs to which great part of the work is externalised, can be compared to a community of transaction that deals with the supply and demand of a specific kind of goods and services; clusters can comprise either a single one or more communities of transaction; virtual CROs act as a community whose all components participate to the creation of value (co-creation), thus comparable to a certain extent to a community of fantasy. Originality/value Based on the novelty of the OI2/SNA combination approach to deal with the “complex” (bio)pharmaceutical industry, the outcomes of the present study mean to highlight: a comprehensive perspective for understanding the dynamics of modularity and their implications for innovation networks; the presence of innovation networks as main mean to promote and support paths of knowledge creation and transfer.

CROSSING HORIZONS: LEVERAGING CROSS-INDUSTRY INNOVATION SEARCH IN THE FRONT-END OF THE INNOVATION PROCESS

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 683-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
SABINE BRUNSWICKER ◽  
ULRICH HUTSCHEK
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Interactive Search ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Fuzzy Front End ◽  
Front End ◽  
Analogical Problem ◽  
New Ideas

"Open innovation" and "external search" for new ideas are central topics in the recent discourse in innovation research. External search helps firms to identify new opportunities for innovation and alleviates the risks of local search. It is widely acknowledged that novel ideas regularly emerge from the combination of distant pieces of knowledge and interaction with "idea suppliers" from distant knowledge domains. However, the current discussion on open innovation has hardly touched upon the question of how firms can systematically search for cross-industry innovation inputs in the fuzzy front-end of the innovation process. This paper links relevant concepts of cognitive psychology and management theory — such as analogical problem solving and the principle of isomorphism — with open innovation in the front-end. It discusses relevant dimensions of systematic search for innovation across industries. A piloted framework is presented that assists firms in systematically and interactively searching for external innovation inputs in distant industries. This framework supports external innovation search in distant industries for a fuzzy customer problem. The results of this participatory action research indicate that a systematic and interactive search process is of practical value to innovation managers. It also points out contingencies of cross-industry innovation search.

scholarly journals Building Networks to Harness Innovation Synergies: Towards an Open Systems Approach to Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajah Rasiah
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Innovation Networks ◽  
Organizational Boundaries ◽  
Critical Knowledge ◽  
Systems Model

Open innovation has become a popular approach, especially since 2003, as people began purposively managing, evolving and harnessing knowledge flows across organizational boundaries but through increasing connections with systemic knowledge nodes relevant to the innovation process. The creation and appropriation of such knowledge has evolved rapidly with digitalization and the proliferation of broadband networks. Individuals, firms and organizations now connect and coordinate to support innovations openly across innovation systems. This paper proposes an open systems model with institutional underpinnings to not only quicken knowledge flows and expand the networks to a wider range of socioeconomic agents, but also for their inclusive participation in shaping the processes of achieving sustainable development through environmental greening and egalitarian balancing of society. In doing so, using examples, the paper focuses on developments since Schumpeter’s ground-breaking exposition of innovation to explain how individuals, firms, farms and organizations can participate actively in open innovation networks to connect productively with the critical knowledge nodes in society.

An organizational competence model for innovation intermediaries

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wil Janssen ◽  
Harry Bouwman ◽  
René van Buuren ◽  
Timber Haaker
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Innovation Networks ◽  
Competence Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Intermediaries ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Right

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the role of intermediaries in open innovation networks in achieving ICT-enabled innovations. The ultimate goal of open innovation networks is to create value for endusers and providers, and to share the risks and rewards. The aim of this paper is to analyse the competences that intermediaries in open innovation networks need to master and exploit during the exploration and exploitation phases of an innovation process. Design/methodology/approach – Based on 14 cases, all of which are examples of collaborative multi-party projects with a focus on ICT-enabled innovations, the paper inductively develops a competence model for intermediaries that can be applied at different stages in the innovation. Findings – The research shows that intermediaries can play an effective role in open innovation, provided they have the right set of competences. It can be concluded that the role of innovation intermediary is most relevant in the creation and development phases. Research limitations/implications – This study certainly has its limitations. The researchers were involved in several cases, which may have biased their views, even though an external expert who was familiar with the case and the work of the intermediary was involved to minimize the risk. Most importantly, the cases all involved of a single intermediary, albeit with many different private and public partners. The cases were primarily located in the Netherlands. It would be interesting to complement this study with results from other innovation intermediaries. Practical implications – The paper identified which competences of organizations in innovation are required, and how to balance the competences between the different partners, including the innovation intermediary. The study allows to link the type of goal of the collaboration to a number of best practices, including the competences and roles that are required at different stages. Originality/value – The paper combines the core innovation competences with the innovation value chain concept developed, and evaluate the resulting model in 14 different cases. The model is new and relevant in practice.

Object-Related Play Skills of Youths with Mental Retardation

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Michael Malone ◽  
John Langone
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Play Skills ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Single Subject Research ◽  
Toy Play ◽  
Play Behaviors ◽  
Assertive Training

Areview of single-subject research designed to enhance the object-related play of youths with mental retardation is presented. Eleven studies, obtained from a literature search of appropriate journals, references of relevant articles, and computer databases, met inclusion criteria. Studies were organized by intervention type: (a) response to the introduction of toys, (b) programmed reinforcement of toy play, and (c) direct or assertive training procedures. Positive outcomes in the form of improved play behaviors were consistently reported across intervention type. The apparent responsiveness of participants' play skills to intervention indicates a need for further research in appropriate interventions.

Research on Simulation Customers Participate Type in Open Innovation

2014 ◽  
Vol 926-930 ◽  
pp. 2054-2057
Author(s):  
Jun Hui He
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
New Products ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Dynamic Evolution ◽  
Evolution Simulation ◽  
High Degree

This paper proposed customers to participate typology based on three dimensions, which are the customers’ autonomy in the process, the nature of the firm‐customer collaboration, and the stage of the innovation process. Then proposed customers to participate in the type of open innovation framework. Through the static comparative and dynamic evolution simulation found: customers tend to be open to participate in the development of new products pre innovation, the tendency to begin to choose the low participation of degrees of freedom, and ultimately tend to opt for a high degree of freedom to participate.

Is Co-working Increase Survivability? Study on how Collaborating and Networking Facilitates Open Innovation Process for Startups

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Elissa Dwi Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Community Manager

Startups, as they are bounded to their liabilities of newness and smallness, need to collaborate extensively with their external partners through the open innovation process. This study aims to depict Co-working space's pivotal role in building up a working innovation ecosystem that facilitates open innovation for startups. To get a more deep understanding of the phenomena, this study used an exploratory study based on three case studies of Co-working spaces operated in the Jakarta region. The study shows that the open innovation process among startups is not naturally existed, but instead, it is purposefully designed by the role of a community manager who acts as the ecosystem catalyst. The community manager becomes the ecosystem enablers that facilitate the networking process by connecting members. As a result, these activities will help the emerging of mutual connection and collaboration processes among members that empower open innovation among startups members. The multiple-case design makes the study conclusions might be difficult to generalize. Future research, including quantitative studies, will help the conclusions examination and the knowledge enrichment of start-ups' open innovation process. This paper will enrich the knowledge concerning how Co-working spaces member seizing opportunities that lead to the open innovation process.

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