This talk will describe how open innovation is moving from a marginal to mainstream business strategy, with many organisations embracing a much more networked approach to all aspects of their business. The talk will focus upon the importance of cross sector networks, brands & reputation, collaboration mindsets, and shared business models.

In particular we will share the lessons learned from a series of case studies from academia, innovative small companies, and also multinational companies such as Oracle, Orange and Virgin. The aim will be to draw parallels and distinctions with open source software and research communities and how their agility, connectedness and breadth is the key to their success.

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