Open Innovation

Open Innovation: Accomplishments and Prospects for the Next 20 Years

Henry Chesbrough


Abstract
I have been invited to discuss the prospects for Open Innovation (OI) as part of this special issue of the California Management Review. To organize my discussion, I will examine three phases of the evolution of this concept: the antecedents of OI, some of the main findings from OI (including both successes and failures), and prospects for the future of OI.

California Management Review

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