A survey of Open Innovation ecosystems and practices within 6 countries for regional policy recommendations

¹ iFEL Istituto per la Finanza e per l’Economia Locale della Campania, Via Cesario Console, 3 - Napoli 80122 Italy
² ECAM-EPMI, LR2E, 13 blv de l’Hautil, France

Abstract

Open innovation is a consequence of globalization. Companies that wish to prosper can no longer do everything within them. The challenges of today and those of tomorrow are becoming more and more complex and the same company cannot do everything alone. Yes, open innovation is now daily; it is present in schools, large groups and start-ups. This is how we progress better today, by helping each other. Conversely, closed innovation consists of keeping your project confidential, which limits the possibilities of development but also the risk of project theft. In this paper, we discuss some analysis and we propose a survey of open innovation ecosystems and practices within six European countries, which will have an impact on regional level as regional policy recommendations. Open innovation consists of de-compartmentalising the company's innovation process, by opening up some or all of the phases of its innovation process to other company departments or even other companies (suppliers, customers or other partners ) [1-5]. As a result, it is not only the search for a technical solution or its validation that is concerned. The business model can be questioned, such as the selection criteria for ideas and solutions, as well as the validation criteria. Open innovation has as its main limitation the confidentiality of the business model resulting from this innovation (how to hide from other stakeholders the mechanisms that make the innovation have a positive impact on profitability and externality factors) as well as the company's development strategy (its differentiating factor, especially in the short term, where innovation is mainly used).