Theoretical Model for a Local Economy Open Innovation Program: A User Organization

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Author(s): Amiram Porath (Center for Academic Studies in Or-Yehuda, Israel)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 23
Source title: SMEs and Open Innovation: Global Cases and Initiatives
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Hakikur Rahman (University of Minho, Portugal)and Isabel Ramos (University of Minho, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-519-9.ch007

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Entrepreneurship & Innovation / Small and Medium Enterprises

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This chapter presents a model of open innovation as a collaborative effort of firms, mostly SMEs that are managed under a government support with the assistive involvement of academia. While normally industry-academia cooperation is R&D focused, the model presented is a model of open innovation not involving dedicated R&D. It deals with the process of assimilating existing technologies and methodologies; the model focuses on search, identification, and implementation phases to improve competitiveness through open innovation strategies. The model claims that specifically for SMEs, innovation not related to R&D, and especially open innovation, is hard to deal with alone. Therefore the model presents a group of SMEs working together towards that end, and the role of the governing authority supporting them. The model is supported by a short case study of a national program of Israel, the Users Association for Advanced Technologies.

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