Where Open Innovation Crowdsourcing Platforms Fail
The way Open Innovation crowdsourcing platforms work is rather simple, at least in principle: they help companies to match a problem or a need to an existing solution or to somebody able to solve the...
View ArticleRegistration Yields a Weak Number of Solvers
As an intermediary, how can you constantly find new and interested solvers around the world (i.e. people ready to propose solutions to technological problems)? You need efficient incentives to attract...
View ArticleMatching algorithm and process fail to engage solvers into problem solving
How can we ensure that the Need is broadcast to the right potential experts, without narrowing or broadening too much the broadcast and and do we ensure that we manage to engage these potential...
View ArticleConfidentiality and intellectual property issues are poorly addressed
Confidentiality. This is the big issue on the client side Companies using Open Innovation Platforms are mostly concerned by the confidentiality of the information they provide to the intermediary and...
View ArticleA disruptive approach: Multistep Dynamic Expert Sourcing (MDES)
Expert Sourcing The French startup PRESANS developed and implemented the Multistep Dynamic Expert Sourcing (MDES) approach. It relies on a combination between a state-of-the-art web-mining technology...
View ArticleExpert Sourcing and Dynamic aspect
Expert sourcing rather than crowdsourcing To solve highly critical and technological problems, a company needs experts, not random solvers. This is why MDES relies on highly skilled experts rather than...
View ArticleMultistep Problem Solving Process
Multistep rather than black box The multistep approach allows to engage experts and to satisfy seekers, in a safe, secured and trustable environment. It ensures better performance for problem solving,...
View ArticleMain advantages of Multistep Dynamic Expert Sourcing
Implementing the MDES approach with the right technological and methodological assets (i.e. a powerful Expert Search Engine and a relevant methodology to enhance problem formulation) presents strong...
View ArticleA Novel Approach for Open Innovation Platforms: Multistep Dynamic Expert...
In the first section, the main drawbacks of traditional problem solving platform were presented. These drawbacks are the difficulty to attract and engage sufficient number of qualified experts, the...
View ArticleOpen Innovation and Public Policies in Europe
Henry CHESBROUGH & Wim VANHAVERBEKE, fathers of Open Innovation have just released a very insightful report on Open Innovation and public policies in Europe, in collaboration with Tuba BAKICI and...
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