Open Innovation & Crowdsourcing Research Resources

A wide collection of white papers, webinar replays, case studies, Challenge solution stories, and more are provided on this page. Content is sorted by publishing date.

Webinar Replay: Harnessing the Power of Big Data

March 26, 2013

TAGS: Best Practice, Corporation, Innovation, Open Innovation

Webinar featuring thought-leader Phil Simon focused on how leading organizations are using crowdsourcing, open innovation, and prize competition mechanisms to harness the power of Big Data. During this event, Mr. Simon provides tips and practical advice for getting started without having to make massive capital investments, and with tangible returns in weeks or months, not years.

Webinar Replay: Avoiding the Open Innovation Cliff

January 30, 2013

TAGS: Best Practice, Corporation, Making the Business Case, Open Innovation

Industry thought-leader Reuben Oder, formerly P&G's Connect+Develop Community of Experts Leader, shares his expertise to help viewers drive adoption of their Open Innovation (OI) programs, sustain momentum over the long-term, and accelerate their pace of innovation.

Webinar Replay: Open Innovation Best Practices Featuring Syngenta

December 4, 2012

TAGS: Best Practice, Corporation, Open Innovation

This webinar, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Joseph Byrum of Syngenta and moderated by InnoCentive's Dwayne Spradlin, focused on disseminating best practices for developing and executing an open innovation (OI) strategy within large global enterprises.

Case Study: Global Security Challenge

June 20, 2012

TAGS: Corporation, Government, Open Innovation

Learn how the Global Security Challenge (GSC) finds the next generation of security solutions. Running annually from 2006 to 2011, the GSC is one of InnoCentive’s flagship Grand Challenges, and since 2006, $2.9 million has been awarded as a result of this long-standing and successful program.

Case Study: Energy Storage Challenge

June 20, 2012

TAGS: Corporation, Government, Open Innovation

Learn how the Energy Storage Challenge finds great ideas to store and transport energy. Launched in 2010 to find the best ideas from around the world for new energy storage and transporation systems, 121 solutions were received, 7 finalists were recognized, and $250,000 in Challenge awards were granted.

Video: What is InnoCentive?

April 10, 2012

TAGS: Corporation, Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation

Three minute overview of InnoCentive and the power of Challenges.

Case Study: Roche Experience with Open Innovation

June 1, 2009

TAGS: Best Practice, Corporation, Crowdsourcing, Making the Business Case, Open Innovation

See how Roche Diagnostics took an experimental approach to look at smarter ways of working that would help them utilize their employee’s knowledgebase more effectively. They challenged two different networks of scientists to tackle the same problem – one, an internal R&D community (ie employees of Roche Diagnostics), and the other, an external network of scientists, the global network of InnoCentive Solvers.

Case Study: The Total Economic Impact™ of InnoCentive Challenges

May 1, 2009

TAGS: Best Practice, Corporation, Crowdsourcing, Innovation, Making the Business Case, Open Innovation, ROI

See how SCA, a large, international consumer products organization, achieved a return on investment (ROI) of 74%, with a payback period of less than three months as a result of using InnoCentive Challenges for open innovation in a major R&D division of the organization.

Case Study: Harvard Business School Study of InnoCentive

June 10, 2008

TAGS: Best Practice, Corporation, Crowdsourcing, Government, Innovation, Making the Business Case, Not for Profit, Open Innovation, ROI

This validating case study provides details about safeguarding intellectual property, talks about the benefits to commercial enterprises, and lists specific examples of Ideation Challenges posted on InnoCentive.com.

Challenge Solution: Oil Industry Outsider Solves Oil Spill Recovery Challenge

November 7, 2007

TAGS: Best Practice, Corporation, Crowdsourcing, Government, InnoCentive Book, Innovation, Making the Business Case, Not for Profit, Open Innovation, Social Innovation

In the summer of 2007, the Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI) posted 3 Challenges on the InnoCentive website, all dealing with oil spill recovery issues from the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. The first of these Challenges was solved in November 2007 by an oil industry outsider who used his expertise in the concrete industry to come up with the winning solution. John Davis, an InnoCentive Solver from the Central United States, was awarded $20,000 for his creative solution.

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