Open Innovation in France
Open Innovation is the idea that a company can create value (product and services) not only by its internal workforce but as well through collaborations, licensing & spin-off. The concept of Open...
View ArticleInterview with Frédérique Sachwald
photo : EIRMA. Frederique Sachwald, Ph.D. in economics, graduated from IEP Paris and University of Cambridge. Frederique Sachwald is Head of the Business R&D Department, Ministry of Higher...
View ArticleOpen Innovation : Obama vs Sarkozy
In August 2009 White House sent a memorandum to the executives of various research agencies and departments regarding Science and Technology priorities for 2011 budget. The memorandum explains the...
View ArticleGoogle Search on Open Innovation in France
A Google Search on the key words open innovation france (click here to see) yields PRESANS in first position, www.openinnovation.eu in second position and openworldforum.org in third . Open Your...
View ArticleFrench Public Research is Not Wired for Innovation
At the Roundtable “SMEs: how to integrate advanced technologies, in partnership with public research” held at the “RDV Carnot” on May 5th and 6th in Lyon, Florin Paun, Deputy Director for Industrial...
View ArticleInnovation & Open Innovation at Schneider Electric
At the seminar “Innovation, convergence of approaches” co-organized by INOVA and Alma Consulting Group, Xavier Bonnaud, Innovation Manager of the “Services Industrie” Department at Schneider Electric,...
View ArticleInnovation in France : the View from Austria
A dose of critical perspective Karl Aiginger‘s recent article (click here for the German version) on the French innovation system takes no prisoners when it comes to answering a question seldom...
View ArticleTesting Perceptions : the GE Ecomagination Challenge
Our previous post underscored the influence of culture on the ills of the French innovation system. The notion lacks sharpness. Thus, before we take on the open innovation powerhouse that is the...
View ArticleInnovation Barometer 2012
Crisis and paradox GE France commented on the results of the second annual GE Innovation Barometer a while ago. The results bear witness to the damaging impact of the economic crisis on the ability...
View ArticleTrust within the (French) pact for competitiveness
“Promoting innovation and quality, entrepreneurship and risk-taking, breaking down barriers and working together, developing skills and (re)giving a taste for technical progress, opening new spaces...
View ArticleThierry Mandon’s Four Point Plan to Save the French Industry
Techinnov happened a couple of weeks ago. Now in its tenth year, this cross-industrial trade fair has become an important component of the Île-de-France innovation ecosystem. Once a year in February,...
View ArticleStraight Outta Maisons-Alfort: Xavier Niel
At Presans, we like the idea of commandos. It captures a vital aspect of project-oriented management. When you think about it, everything great starts that way: the seminal force of a tightly-bonded...
View ArticleFrench Public Research is Not Wired for Innovation
At the Roundtable “SMEs: how to integrate advanced technologies, in partnership with public research” held at the “RDV Carnot” on May 5th and 6th in Lyon, Florin Paun, Deputy Director for Industrial...
View ArticleInnovation & Open Innovation at Schneider Electric
At the seminar “Innovation, convergence of approaches” co-organized by INOVA and Alma Consulting Group, Xavier Bonnaud, Innovation Manager of the “Services Industrie” Department at Schneider Electric,...
View ArticleInnovation in France : the View from Austria
The outside view on efforts undertaken to enhance the French innovation system is refreshingly severe: the new organization introduced by reforms conceals the unshakable hold of the old system, as well...
View ArticleTesting Perceptions : the GE Ecomagination Challenge
(Français) Second billet d'une série. Read More
View ArticleInnovation Barometer 2012
Crisis and paradox GE France commented on the results of the second annual GE Innovation Barometer a while ago. The results bear witness to the damaging impact of the economic crisis on the ability...
View ArticleTrust within the (French) pact for competitiveness
“Promoting innovation and quality, entrepreneurship and risk-taking, breaking down barriers and working together, developing skills and (re)giving a taste for technical progress, opening new spaces for...
View ArticleThierry Mandon’s Four Point Plan to Save the French Industry
Techinnov happened a couple of weeks ago. Now in its tenth year, this cross-industrial trade fair has become an important component of the Île-de-France innovation ecosystem. Once a year in February,...
View ArticleStraight Outta Maisons-Alfort: Xavier Niel
At Presans, we like the idea of commandos. It captures a vital aspect of project-oriented management. When you think about it, everything great starts that way: the seminal force of a tightly-bonded...
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