摘要:Open innovation has enjoyed widespread acceptance among large companies.SMEs,and especially micro firms,face specific challenges when adopting and implementing open innovation approaches.This paper describes a regional platform that was set up to support SMEs and micro firms to implement open innovation.The platform focuses on community-based innovation contests.The guiding idea of the project,its implementation and some lessons learnt are discussed.
关键词:Open innovation has enjoyed widespread acceptance among large companies.SMEs,and especially micro firms,face specific challenges when adopting and implementing open innovation approaches.This paper describes a regional platform that was set up to support SMEs and micro firms to implement open innovation.The platform focuses on community-based innovation contests.The guiding idea of the project,its implementation and some lessons learnt are discussed.