Public Policy Makers

7th Master Class Open Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship with Prof. Henry Chesbrough in the Netherlands, April 15-21 , 2010

Public policy can have a major influence on the facilitation of open & collaborative innovation. In addition, O&CI principles can be of great importance to entrepreneurial regional economies. Exnovate aims to connect community members with governments on O&CI related topics to assist these policy makers in designing the appropriate guidelines or to help communicate intersting OI related initiatives. Feel free to contact us for more information. Click here to interact with us.

25/07/2008: "OI Policy Assessment Framework", Vanhaverbeke, de Jong & Kalvet

23/10/2008: "OI in Global Networks", Cervantes & De Backer

05/09/2009: Good Reads On Innovation, Stefan Lindegaard

Exnovate is a platform bringing together companies that are experienced or interested in open & collaborative innovation. We offer three types of networking services:

- OPEN INNOVATION FORUM for large and medium sized companies with best practices in open innovation
- C4C: "Companies for Companies" are short term specialized programs that provide an in-depth body of knowledge about the best OI practices. These programs are taught by experts from experienced companies to their peers in less experienced firms.
- OI FOR SMEs: Open and collaborative innovation is also very valuable for SMEs. We like to bring together best practices in Europe and around the globe.

Exnovate also brings together companies with the academic world. Have a look at the academic network of Exnovate. We can combine theory and practice leading to better (open) innovation practices.

Open & collaborative innovation, in addition to other forms of innovation, can be a tremendous driver for regional and international prosperity in both the short and the long run. The facilitation of innovation depends at least to some extent on the policy framework in which it resides, so please check out and contribute to the available information on this website.

Exnovate connects researchers who have top expertise in different subjects related to crowd-sourcing, open innovation, collaboration between innovation partners, and innovation networks. Exnovate offers them a platform to set up research projects that may fit in international research programs financed by the European Community or other international organizations. In addition, companies and governments can look for expertise among these academics to execute specific types of research projects about open innovation.

Currently we are developing a library of teaching cases and syllabi about user innovation, open & collaborative innovation. You can also find the list of top researchers that back the network.

Exnovate does not offer first line advice. The success of open innovation generated a fast growing market for all kinds consulting and service firms. Identification of the right providers is difficult and a standard for the service quality is non-existent. This is where Exnovate can play a role.